@article{Kabir:200181,
      recid = {200181},
      author = {Kabir, Humayun},
      title = {ESTIMATION OF TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF SMALL SCALE BIOGAS  PLANTS IN BANGLADESH BY USING DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS},
      journal = {Bangladesh Journal of Agricultural Economics},
      address = {2008-12-31},
      number = {454-2016-36430},
      series = {XXXI},
      pages = {12},
      month = {Dec},
      year = {2008},
      abstract = {The main objective of the study is to estimate technical  efficiency of biogas plants in Bangladesh by using data  envelopment analysis (DEA). The study employed farm level  cross section data from five major biogas producing areas  of Bangladesh. The non-parametric DEA approach applied to  estimate the technical efficiency of biogas plants in the  study areas. This paper developed a theoretical framework  of DEA approach. The average technical efficiency of biogas  plants in Bangladesh is 86 percent. This indicates a good  potential for increasing biogas production by 14 percent  with the present technology and level of inputs. Only five  farms achieved efficient score 1.00 and remaining fifty  five farms having chance to promote their efficiency score  with the help of peer groups through DEA approach. Peers  groups of perfect efficient farms could be playing a vital  role on inefficient farms to direct their inputs for  efficiently producing biogas.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/200181},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.200181},
}