@article{Ahmad:202083,
      recid = {202083},
      author = {Ahmad, Munir and Rafiq, Muhammad and Ali, Asgar},
      title = {AN ANALYSIS OF TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF RICE FARMERS IN  PAKISTANI PUNJAB},
      journal = {Bangladesh Journal of Agricultural Economics},
      address = {1999-12-31},
      number = {454-2016-36523},
      series = {XXII},
      pages = {08},
      month = {Dec},
      year = {1999},
      abstract = {This study uses stochastic Cobb-Douglas production  frontier to estimate farm level technical efficiency of  rice farms. Average technical efficiency of sampled farms  was estimated to be 85 percent with a minimum of 57 percent  and a maximum of 96 percent. The results further showed  that the visits of agricultural extension agents on the  farm or farmers' visits to extension office and the  availability of agricultural credit played significant role  in improving technical efficiency. More experienced (aged)  and educated farmers also realized high productive  efficiency and thus output; however, the effect was not  statistically significant. These results imply that  considerable scope exists in the sampled area to increase  rice output by improving farm management and providing  other facilities to the farmers.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/202083},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.202083},
}