TY  - RPRT
AB  - Agriculture plays an important role for Kazakhstan not only because of rural employment, but also
because of the diversity it brings to its oil dependent economy. A considerable increase in grain
exports was achieved during the recent years, however, there still is a large room for in-creasing
productivity and efficiency to boost the agricultural potential of the country further. The government
of Kazakhstan has introduced several policy packages in the past to boost productivity
and efficiency, however, the impact of these reforms has not been yet analyzed quantitatively.
Micro level data collected from 200 farms in northern Kazakhstan in 2015 is used in the analysis, in
order to fill this research gap. A mixture of evidences is found in terms of policy effect on
productivity and efficiency. The results of the analysis showed that direct subsidy access reduced
the efficiency, while access to supply chain infrastructure had the opposite effect and increased
the efficiency. Therefore, the study concludes that the government should divert its policy
support from direct subsidy payments to the improvement of agricultural infrastructure. This will
influence positively not only productivity and efficiency, but also Kazakhstan’s commitments
towards international and regional trade agreements.
AU  - Tleubayev, Alisher
AU  - Bobojonov, Ihtiyor
AU  - Götz, Linde
AU  - Hockmann, Heinrich
AU  - Glauben, Thomas
DA  - 2017
DA  - 2017
DO  - ISSN 1438-2172
DO  - 10.22004/ag.econ.253397
DO  - Other
DO  - doi
ED  - Balmann,   Alfons
ED  - Brosig,   Stephan
ED  - Glauben,   Thomas
ED  - Herzfeld,   Thomas
ED  - Hockmann,   Heinrich
ED  - Müller,   Daniel
ED  - Petrick,   Martin
ED  - editor
ED  - editor
ED  - editor
ED  - editor
ED  - editor
ED  - editor
ED  - editor
ID  - 253397
KW  - Agricultural and Food Policy
KW  - Agricultural Finance
KW  - Crop Production/Industries
KW  - Productivity Analysis
KW  - productivity
KW  - stochastic frontier approach
KW  - wheat production
KW  - technical efficiency
KW  - Produktivität
KW  - Stochastic-Frontier-Ansatz
KW  - Getreideproduktion
KW  - technische Effizienz
L1  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/253397/files/dp160.pdf
L2  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/253397/files/dp160.pdf
L4  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/253397/files/dp160.pdf
LA  - eng
LA  - English
LK  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/253397/files/dp160.pdf
N2  - Agriculture plays an important role for Kazakhstan not only because of rural employment, but also
because of the diversity it brings to its oil dependent economy. A considerable increase in grain
exports was achieved during the recent years, however, there still is a large room for in-creasing
productivity and efficiency to boost the agricultural potential of the country further. The government
of Kazakhstan has introduced several policy packages in the past to boost productivity
and efficiency, however, the impact of these reforms has not been yet analyzed quantitatively.
Micro level data collected from 200 farms in northern Kazakhstan in 2015 is used in the analysis, in
order to fill this research gap. A mixture of evidences is found in terms of policy effect on
productivity and efficiency. The results of the analysis showed that direct subsidy access reduced
the efficiency, while access to supply chain infrastructure had the opposite effect and increased
the efficiency. Therefore, the study concludes that the government should divert its policy
support from direct subsidy payments to the improvement of agricultural infrastructure. This will
influence positively not only productivity and efficiency, but also Kazakhstan’s commitments
towards international and regional trade agreements.
PY  - 2017
PY  - 2017
T1  - Determinants of productivity and efficiency of wheat production in Kazakhstan: A Stochastic Frontier Approach
TI  - Determinants of productivity and efficiency of wheat production in Kazakhstan: A Stochastic Frontier Approach
TT  - Determinanten von Produktivität und Effizienz der Weizenproduktion in Kasachstan: Ein Stochastic-Frontier-Ansatz
UR  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/253397/files/dp160.pdf
Y1  - 2017
T2  - IAMO Discussion Paper
T2  - 160
ER  -