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Technical Efficiency Estimates for Sarawak Pepper Farming: A Comparative Analysis

Alias Radam and Mohd. Mansor Ismail

Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, Volume 7, Issue 2, September 1999

Keywords: Technical efficiency, Sarawak pepper farming, comparative analysis

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Estimating technical efficiency of production technology is important for policy purposes. Four production frontiers consisting of parametric and nonparametric functions were analysed to estimate technical efficiency ratios on a sample of pepper farms in Sarawak. The methodologies employed produced different estimates, distributions, and rankings of efficiency ratios. The nonparametric estimates were greater than parametric estimates except under stochastic parametric method. Due to the large differences in technical efficiency results, recommendation for policy purpose should not be made without prior detailed analysis of each method.

ISSN 1511-3701

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JSSH-0114-1999

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