@article{LIU:240712,
      recid = {240712},
      author = {LIU, Dejuan},
      title = {Production Efficiency Change and Convergence Analysis of  Japonica Rice in China},
      journal = {Asian Agricultural Research},
      address = {2015-11},
      number = {1812-2016-144521},
      pages = {5},
      year = {2015},
      abstract = {Using DEA-Malmquist index method, we perform an empirical  analysis of Japonica rice production input-output panel  data in 12 China's major Japonica rice producing areas  during 2001-2012, calculate the total factor input-output  efficiency of China's major Japonica rice producing areas,  and analyze TFP change and convergence of Japonica rice. It  is found that from 2001 to 2012, the average growth rate of  total factor productivity (TFP) was -2.3% and the  technological progress was -2.2%, and the decline of  technical progress was the main cause of the decrease of  TFP. Moreover, significant differences exist between the  TFP of these provinces, and the TFP of Heilongjiang and  Jiangsu is higher than that of other provinces. Further  convergence test indicates that TFP of the main producing  areas shows σ convergence trend.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/240712},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.240712},
}