Roslan A. Ghaffar, T.A. Chew and Azman Hassan
Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, Volume 11, Issue 2, August 1988
Keywords: Paddy/rice processing; government mills; drying cost functions; milling cost functions; cost economies..
Published on:
In this paper, the statistical cost function approach was used to model the drying and milling cost for government paddy/rice processing complexes in Malaysia. The quadratic and inverse costs Junctions were estimated. The results suggest that there exists a cost economy at relatively high output levels for both the drying and milling operations. Examination of output data indicates that a large number of government paddy mills operate at low outputs, with cost economies unexploited.
ISSN 1511-3701
e-ISSN 2231-8542