Factors Affecting Technical Efficiency of Rice Farmers in Village Reservoir Irrigation Systems of Sri Lanka

Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 627-638

  Gedara, Kularatne Mohottala ^b   Wilson, Clevo ^b   Pascoe, Sean ^a   Robinson, Tim ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Rice farming; Sri Lanka; stochastic translog production function; technical efficiency; village irrigation systems

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; RICE; STOCHASTICITY; VILLAGE;

SRI LANKA;

EID: 84865535058     PISSN: 0021857X     EISSN: 14779552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.2012.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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