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Title: Technical Efficiency of Paddy Production and Factors Affecting the Efficiency in Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka
Authors: Rathnamalala, D.P.
Sooriyakumar, K.
Keywords: Cobb-Douglas Stochastic Frontier production;Extension Services;Technical Efficiency
Issue Date: 2020
Publisher: University of Jaffna
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.
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.
URI: http://repo.lib.jfn.ac.lk/ujrr/handle/123456789/5932
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