@article{Islam:202349,
      recid = {202349},
      author = {Islam, S.M. Fakhrul and Karim, Md. Rezaul},
      title = {FARMERS' TECHNOLOGY, ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE AND RELATIVE  ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF COUNTRY BEAN GROWERS},
      journal = {Bangladesh Journal of Agricultural Economics},
      address = {1997-06-30},
      number = {454-2016-36379},
      series = {XX},
      pages = {12},
      month = {Jun},
      year = {1997},
      abstract = {This paper examined farmers' country bean production  technology and proposed an econometric model for estimating  the normalized profit distribution function using a Three  Staged Generalized Method of Moment procedure. The  advantage of the model is that it used Cobb-Douglas form of  profit function which is linear in logarithm. The second  moment function of profit can be used for measuring risk  involved in input use under uncertainty. Furthermore, the  results could be used for testing relative economic  efficiency of growers'. The empirical data on country bean  production validated the model. The result showed that  fertilizers and pesticides were risk increasing inputs in  country bean production. The small farmers were found to be  more efficient. The study concludes that under uncertain  environmental condition, relative economic efficiency can  be assessed through estimation of normalized profit  distribution function.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/202349},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.202349},
}