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Returns and determinants of technical efficiency in small-scale Malabari goat production units in Kerala, India
A stochastic frontier production function was employed to measure technical efficiency and its determinants in smallholder Malabari goat production units in Kerala, India. Data were obtained from 100 goat farmers in northern Kerala, selected using multistage random sampling. The parameters of the st...
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| Formatua: | Printed Book |
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Trop Anim Health Prod
2013
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| Sarrera elektronikoa: | http://10.26.1.76/ks/005552.pdf |
| Gaia: | A stochastic frontier production function was
employed to measure technical efficiency and its determinants
in smallholder Malabari goat production units in Kerala, India.
Data were obtained from 100 goat farmers in northern Kerala,
selected using multistage random sampling. The parameters
of the stochastic frontier production function were estimated
using the maximum likelihood method. Cost and return anal-
ysis showed that the major expenditure was feed and fodder,
and veterinary expenses were secondary. The chief returns
were the sale of live animals, milk and manure. Individual
farm technical efficiency ranged from 0.34 to 0.97 with a
mean of 0.88. The study found herd size (number of animal
units) and centre (locality of farm) significantly affected tech-
nical efficiency, but sex of farmer, education, land size and
family size did not. Technical efficiency decreased as herd size
increased; half the units with five or more adult animals had
technical efficiency below 60 %. |
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| Deskribapen fisikoa: | p.1663–1668 45 |