Production efficiency of rice farms in Thailand and Cambodia

a comparative analysis of Ubon Ratchathani and Stung Treng provinces

verfasst von: Axel Ebers, Trung Thanh Nguyen, Ulrike Grote
Abstract: Rice farmers in developing countries need to increase production efficiency in order to meet a growing rice demand. To identify and compare the determinants of rice production efficiency at different stages of economic development, a one-stage stochastic frontier model is applied to a cross-sectional dataset collected in 2013 of 623 households in Ubon Ratchathani (Thailand) and 407 households in Stung Treng (Cambodia). The results indicate that the average level of rice production efficiency is 72 % in Thailand and 64 % in Cambodia. There are a number of factors that commonly affect the production efficiency in both countries. These factors are the farm size, per capita income, amount of agricultural credit, degree of commercialization, and share of nonfarm income. However, there are also a number of country-specific factors that are unique to the respective environments. These factors are the distance to fields, mechanization, agricultural assets, share of remittances, education of household heads, and distance to town in Thailand, and household size in Cambodia. These findings suggest that promoting the development of household capital, access to rural infrastructure as well as the specialization and commercialization of rice production would contribute to increasing production efficiency of rice farms in developing countries.
Organisationseinheit(en): Institut für Wirtschaftspolitik
Institut für Umweltökonomik und Welthandel
Typ: Artikel
Journal: Paddy and Water Environment
Band: 15
Seiten: 79-92
Anzahl der Seiten: 14
ISSN: 1611-2490
Publikationsdatum: 01.01.2017
Publikationsstatus: Veröffentlicht
Peer-reviewed: Ja
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete: Environmental engineering, Agronomie und Nutzpflanzenwissenschaften, Gewässerkunde und -technologie
Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung: SDG 8 – Anständige Arbeitsbedingungen und wirtschaftliches Wachstum
Elektronische Version(en): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10333-016-0530-6 (Zugang: Geschlossen)