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Abstract
The farm-specific technical efficiency of wheat cultivation in Haryana at
the aggregate and disaggregate levels has been studied using stochastic
frontier approach. A high degree of technical inefficiency in wheat farming
has been reported, which is due to factors under farm’s control. It has
been argued that wheat-cultivating farms in the state can increase their
production by 27 per cent without increasing the quantity of inputs, i.e.
just by way of realizing efficiency. The estimates of technical efficiency
have indicated that small-size farms are more efficient than medium- and
large-size farms, negating thereby the myth that large-size farming is more
profit/business-oriented.