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An Estimation Of Technical Efficiency Of Garlic Production In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan

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  • Hussain, Nabeel
  • Ali, Shahid
  • Miraj, Naveed
  • Sajjad, Muhammad

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This study was conducted to estimate the technical efficiency of farmers in garlic production in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Data was randomly collected from 110 farmers using multistage sampling technique. Maximum likelihood estimation technique was used to estimate Cob-Douglas frontier production function. The analysis revealed that the estimated mean technical efficiency was 77 percent indicating that total output can be further increased with efficient use of resources and technology. The estimated gamma value was found to be 0.93 which shows 93% variation in garlic output due to inefficiency factors. The analysis further revealed that seed rate, tractor hours, fertilizer, FYM and weedicides were positive and statistically significant production factors. The results also show that age and education were statistically significant inefficiency factors, age having positive and education having negative relationship with the output of garlic. This study suggests that in order to increase the production of garlic by taking advantage of their high efficiency level, the government should invest in the research and development aspects for introducing good quality seeds to increase garlic productivity and should organize training programs to educate farmers about garlic production.

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  • Hussain, Nabeel & Ali, Shahid & Miraj, Naveed & Sajjad, Muhammad, 2014. "An Estimation Of Technical Efficiency Of Garlic Production In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan," International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics (IJFAEC), Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Department of Economics and Finance, vol. 2(2), pages 1-10, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:ijfaec:168590
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.168590
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    1. Ajay Kumar Singh & Bhim Jyoti, 2019. "Measuring the Climate Variability Impact on Cash Crops Farming in India: An Empirical Investigation," Agriculture and Food Sciences Research, Asian Online Journal Publishing Group, vol. 6(2), pages 155-165.
    2. Salman Khan & Syed Attaullah Shah & Shahid Ali & Amjad Ali & Lal K. Almas & Sania Shaheen, 2022. "Technical Efficiency and Economic Analysis of Rice Crop in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A Stochastic Frontier Approach," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 12(4), pages 1-15, April.

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