Analysis of Technical Efficiency of Rice Production in Brgy. Tubuan, Pila, Laguna, Philippines

Date

8-2022

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics

College

College of Economics and Management (CEM)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Antonio Jesus A. Quilloy

Committee Member

Antonio Jesus A. Quilloy, Julieta A. Delos Reyes, Agham C. Cuevas

Abstract

The general objective of the study is to analyze technical efficiency of rice production in Brgy. Tubuan, Pila, Laguna, Philippines. Based on a sample of 69 rice farmers, the study found out that area planted, seed, labor, nitrogen fertilizer, fuel, irrigation, and all interactions of farm inputs to type of irrigation had significant effects on rice production during the wet season (July to October). During the dry season (December to March), only irrigation and the irrigation interaction terms of farm inputs to irrigation type have significant effects on rice production.

The study also found out that household size, education, membership in cooperatives/agricultural associations, years of farming experience, and land tenure had significant effects on farmers' technical efficiency during the wet season, whereas household size and land tenure had a significant impact during the dry season.

The study used the stochastic frontier production function approach in analyzing technical efficiency, specifically a Cobb-Douglas functional form was used to estimate parameters of the farmers’ production function during the wet and dry seasons. Rice producers had an average technical efficiency of 77.90 percent during the dry season and 68.90 percent during the wet season. This means that the sample farmers would need to increase their outputs by 21 percent during the dry season and 31 percent during the wet season to achieve their maximum production. The improvement in technical efficiency will generate an average carbon dioxide emission rate of 2.09 kg CO2 eq. ha-1 in the dry season and 53.92 kg CO2 eq ha-1 wet season. The coefficients used to estimate the CO2 emission were obtained Win et al. (2020).

This study recommends the strengthening of the technical capacities of rice farmers. Specifically, their capacities could be improved through their participation in training programs and other informal modes of farmer education that could be sponsored by the national government.

Language

English

LC Subject

Production

Location

UPLB College of Economics and Management (CEM)

Call Number

LG 993.5 2022 A14 C37

Document Type

Thesis

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