Vol. 4 (1) : January-February 2013 issue
Green Farming Vol. 4 (1) : 113-115 (January-February, 2013)
Measurement of technical efficiency of cotton growers – A data envelopment analysis approach
B.G. NAIR1*, G.B. MALTHANE2 and SEBIN. S. SOLOMON3
Deptt. of Agril. Economics, Dr. P.D. Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola - 444 104 (Maharashtra)
Designation : 1Ph.D. Scholar *(bhavitasanalkumar@gmail.com), 2Asstt. Professor, 3P.G. Student
Subject : Agronomy and Crop Production
Paper No. : P-0373
Total Pages : 3
Received : 09 July 2012
Revised accepted : 07 January 2013
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Citation :
B.G. NAIR, G.B. MALTHANE and SEBIN. S. SOLOMON. 2013. Measurement of technical efficiency of cotton growers – A data envelopment analysis approach. Green Farming Vol. 4 (1) : 113-115 ; January-February, 2013
ABSTRACT
The present study on measurement of technical efficiency of cotton growers-a data envelopment analysis was undertaken to study the technical efficiency at farm level in respect of soybean crop by selecting farmers growing cotton in Amravati district. They were grouped in three groups. Group I for small farmers, Group II for medium farmers and Group III for large farmers. The primary data was collected by survey method and the analysis was done by using Data Envelopment Analysis computer programme. The analysis revealed that the mean technical efficiency under constant returns to scale for small farmers was found to be77.2 and other group was 83.7 per cent, respectively.
Key words :
Cotton growers, Data envelopment analysis, Peer count summary, Technical efficiency.
