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Technical Efficiency of Paddy Production and Factors Affecting the Efficiency in Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka

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dc.contributor.author Rathnamalala, D.P.
dc.contributor.author Sooriyakumar, K.
dc.date.accessioned 2022-08-16T07:06:59Z
dc.date.available 2022-08-16T07:06:59Z
dc.date.issued 2020
dc.identifier.citation Rathnamalala,D.P. , Sooriyakumar,K. (2020). “Technical Efficiency of Paddy Production and Factors Affecting the Efficiency in Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka”, 6th International Conference on Dry zone Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka on 3rd and 4th December, 2020, pp: 24. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://repo.lib.jfn.ac.lk/ujrr/handle/123456789/5932
dc.description.abstract The study examines the technical efficiency of paddy production and factors affecting the technical efficiency of paddy production in Anuradhapura district of Sri Lanka. For this study, 165 farmers cultivated paddy in season of 2019/20 were Maha randomly selected. A Cobb-Douglas stochastic frontier production model was developed. The result of this study reveals that average technical efficiency of paddy production in Anuradhapura district is 81.9%. It indicates that there is a potential to increase the paddy production by 18% with currently available technology. The result shows that fertilizer, pesticides and labor have positive significant effect on paddy production. This study also shows that the extension services positively influence technical efficiency of paddy production. Thus, Department of Agriculture should increase the extension services in Anuradhapura district to increase the technical efficiency of paddy production and thereby increase total production. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher University of Jaffna en_US
dc.subject Cobb-Douglas Stochastic Frontier production en_US
dc.subject Extension Services en_US
dc.subject Technical Efficiency en_US
dc.title Technical Efficiency of Paddy Production and Factors Affecting the Efficiency in Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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