Effects of farmer-entrepreneurial competencies on the level of production and technical efficiency of rice farms in Laguna, Philippines

Abstract

© 2019, International Society for Southeast Asian Agricultural Sciences. All rights reserved. This study analyzed the effects of personal entrepreneurial competencies (PECs) on production and technical efficiency of rice farms in Laguna, Philippines. Forty farmers were randomly sampled and interviewed from May to July 2016. Descriptive, stochastic frontier production function, and regression analyses were performed. Majority (63%) of farmer-respondents were male, with average age of 54 years, average farming experience of 27 years, and average farm size of 2 ha. Majority (83%) was married with average household size of 5 and 65 percent were leaseholders. Results revealed that half of the respondents were weak opportunity seekers and had weak commitment to work contract, 43 percent were weakly persistent, and 32 percent had strong persistence competency. Only area cultivated significantly affected output during dry season, but area cultivated, labor, N-fertilizer, and seeds were significant factors of output in wet season. Farms were technically efficient during dry season but technically inefficient (technical efficiency of only 69.70%) during wet season. Generalized Linear Model of the binomial family with logit link showed that the dummies for “strong” level of competency for opportunity seeking, persistence, demand for quality and efficiency, risk-taking, information-seeking, systematic planning and monitoring, and self-confidence competencies were positive determinants of technical efficiency of farmer-respondents.

Source or Periodical Title

Journal of the International Society for Southeast Asian Agricultural Sciences

ISSN

8593132

Page

45-57

Document Type

Article

Subject

Entrepreneurship, Generalized linear model with logit link, Personal entrepreneurial competencies, Technical efficiency

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