Economic efficiency and total factor productivity growth : the case of rice farming in Mekong Delta, Vietnam / Nguyen Huu Dang ; Corazon T. Aragon, chair, advisory committee.

Date

12-2011

Abstract

The study determined the factors that influenced technical, allocative, economic and profit efficiencies of rice farmers in Mekong Delta, Vietnam for the period 2008-2011 using Stochastic Frontier Analysis. In addition, total factor productivity (TFP) growth was decomposed into technical change, scale efficiency change, and change in technical efficiency (TE). The results revealed that the average technical, allocative, economic and profit efficiencies were 89.1%, 75.1%, 67.6%, and 78.3%, respectively. Significant factors that we found to affect rice output per farm are, nitrogen fertilizer, phosphate fertilizer, labor, variety, and soil index while significant determinants of TIE were farming experience, tenancy rate, credit access, training, and membership in farmers' organization/cooperative. Moreover, the significant factors that we found to influence economic efficiency were experience, farmsize, tenancy rate, credit and training. The factors that were found to significantly affect farm profit were prices of seeds, fertilizer, pesticide, wage, tractor service rate, and land area while significant determinants of PIE were education, experience, farmsize, tenancy rate, training, membership, and distance of the input market from the farm. TFP growth was found to be positive at approximately 8.67% during the period 2008-2011, or 2.82%/year. The positive growth in TFP was driven by technological progress (9%) while scale efficiency and TE changes were miniscule and negative (-0.04% and -0.49% respectively).

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree

Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural Economics

College

Graduate School (GS)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Corazon T. Aragon

Committee Member

Agnes C. Rola, Zenaida M. Sumalde, Mario V. Perilla

Language

English

LC Subject

Agricultural productivity -- Mekong Delta, Vietnam, Rice farming -- Economic aspects -- Mekong Delta, Vietnam, Agricultural Economics Department of Agricultural Economics

Location

UPLB Main Library Special Collections Section (USCS)

Call Number

LG 996 2011 A14 N48

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