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An analysis of technical efficiency on pepper farm in Sarawak

The principal objective of this paper is to understand the extent to which the pepper farmers ill Sarawak exploit their resources ill the production of pepper and 10 estimate the input-alii put relationship of any particular activity ill pepper farming in Sarawak. Cross-sectional data from 163 pepp...

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Main Authors: Radam, Alias, Ismail, Mohd Mansor
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia 1994
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spelling my.upm.eprints.474472016-05-16T08:11:40Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/47447/ An analysis of technical efficiency on pepper farm in Sarawak Radam, Alias Ismail, Mohd Mansor The principal objective of this paper is to understand the extent to which the pepper farmers ill Sarawak exploit their resources ill the production of pepper and 10 estimate the input-alii put relationship of any particular activity ill pepper farming in Sarawak. Cross-sectional data from 163 pepper farmers were used for the study. The frontier production function estimated by the Corrected Ordinary Least Squares (COLS) technique was employed in the analysis. The result indicated that the farmers achieved relatively low levels of physical efficiency ill growing pepper. It is apparent that the efficiency level of resource lise ill pepper production ill Sarawak could be improved Universiti Putra Malaysia 1994 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/47447/1/An%20analysis%20of%20technical%20efficiency%20on%20pepper%20farm%20in%20Sarawak.pdf Radam, Alias and Ismail, Mohd Mansor (1994) An analysis of technical efficiency on pepper farm in Sarawak. In: Proceeding of the Seminar of Economics and Management, 18-19 Oct. 1994, Port Dickson, Malaysia. (pp. 1-16).
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description The principal objective of this paper is to understand the extent to which the pepper farmers ill Sarawak exploit their resources ill the production of pepper and 10 estimate the input-alii put relationship of any particular activity ill pepper farming in Sarawak. Cross-sectional data from 163 pepper farmers were used for the study. The frontier production function estimated by the Corrected Ordinary Least Squares (COLS) technique was employed in the analysis. The result indicated that the farmers achieved relatively low levels of physical efficiency ill growing pepper. It is apparent that the efficiency level of resource lise ill pepper production ill Sarawak could be improved
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Radam, Alias
Ismail, Mohd Mansor
spellingShingle Radam, Alias
Ismail, Mohd Mansor
An analysis of technical efficiency on pepper farm in Sarawak
author_facet Radam, Alias
Ismail, Mohd Mansor
author_sort Radam, Alias
title An analysis of technical efficiency on pepper farm in Sarawak
title_short An analysis of technical efficiency on pepper farm in Sarawak
title_full An analysis of technical efficiency on pepper farm in Sarawak
title_fullStr An analysis of technical efficiency on pepper farm in Sarawak
title_full_unstemmed An analysis of technical efficiency on pepper farm in Sarawak
title_sort analysis of technical efficiency on pepper farm in sarawak
publisher Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate 1994
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/47447/1/An%20analysis%20of%20technical%20efficiency%20on%20pepper%20farm%20in%20Sarawak.pdf
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