@article{Oulmane:293661,
      recid = {293661},
      author = {Oulmane, Amine and Benmehala, Amine M.},
      title = {EFFECTS OF IRRIGATION TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION ON FARMS  PERFORMANCE IN ALGERIA: A STOCHASTIC FRONTIER PRODUCTION  FUNCTION APPROACH},
      journal = {Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics (RAAE)},
      address = {2019},
      number = {1340-2019-3717},
      year = {2019},
      abstract = {The aim of this study is to evaluate the performance of  water-saving technologies (WST) through an investigation of  its effect at the farm level. Indeed, the study attempts to  estimate the economic value of WST use in Algerian farming,  through the comparison of some farm performance indicators  between WST adopters, drip irrigation system as a WST, and  farmers practicing gravity irrigation as a traditional  system. A cross-section data from a survey is conducted in  an irrigated perimeter situated in the north-eastern  Algeria (Jijel region) encompassing 106 small horticultural  farms (including 60 pepper producers and 46 tomato  producers). First, the study compares some performance  indicators between the two groups of farms. Second, a  stochastic production frontier model is used to estimate  the productivity gain generated by the WST adoption. Main  results show that water consumption, gross margin, and  water productivity are statistically significant between  the two groups of farms. The average water productivity  differential between WST users and non-users is 29% and 25%  for tomato and pepper, respectively. The regression model  has shown that increasing the WST use by 1% help to  increase water productivity of the region by 0.20% for  pepper production and 0.11% for tomato production. The  findings of this study confirm the hypothesis that WST  economize on water quantity, positively affects crop yield  and can enhance water productivity.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/293661},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.293661},
}