The influence of management characteristics on the technical efficiency of wheat farmers in eastern England

By P. Wilson, D. Hadley, C. Asby. 2001

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Technical efficiency of wheat farms in eastern England is measured through the estimation of a stochastic frontier production function using panel data for the 1993-1997 crop years. Variations in the technical efficiency index across production units are explained through a number of managerial and farm characteristic variables following Battese and Coelli (1995) [Empirical Econ. 20, 325-332] and incorporating the spirit ofRougoor eta!. (1998) [Agric. Econ. 18, 261-272]. The technical efficiency index across production units ranges from 62 to 98%. The objectives of maximising annual profits and maintaining the environment are positively correlated with, and have the largest influence on, technical efficiency. Moreover, those farmers who seek information, have more years of managerial experience, and have a large farm are also associated with higher levels of technical efficiency. Future studies that seek to explain variation in technical efficiency should include further aspects of the managerial decision-making process. © 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Subfields: Environmental Chemistry, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Management Science and Operations Research

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Assessing the effects of managerial and production practices on the efficiency of commercial pig farming (2006, unknown): “…concentrate on the influence of personal characteristics such as age, education, experience and specialisation, or physical aspects such as farm size and certain input usage (e.g. Sharma et al., 1999b; Lansink and Reinhard, 2004; Fousekis et al., 2001; Wilson et al., 2001; Iraizoz et al., 2003).”
Technical Efficiency among Peasant Farmers Participating in Natural Resource Management Programmes in Central America (2009, background): “Low elasticities for land have also been reported by other authors using stochastic production frontiers, including Wilson et al. (2001) and Cuesta (2000).”
Technical Efficiency of Freshwater Aquaculture and its Determinants in Tripura, India (2009, methodology): “Many recent papers (e.g., Battese et al., 1996; Wilson et al., 1998; 2001; Yao and Liu, 1998; Sharma and Leung, 2000; Dey et al., 2000 and 2005) have used the FRONTIER 4.1 software, developed by Coelli (1996) following Battese and Coelli (1995), to simultaneously estimate the parameters of the…”
Assessing the technical efficiency of horticultural production in Navarra, Spain (2003, result): “…combination of inputs (Phillips and Marble, 1986; Kalirajan and Shand, 1989; Bravo Ureta and Rieger, 1991; Bravo Ureta and Evenson, 1994; Parikh et al., 1995; Ahmad and Bravo-Urtea, 1996; Lewelyn and Williams, 1996; Seyoum et al., 1998; Amara et al., 1999; Sharma et al., 1999; Wilson et al., 2001).”
Measuring the technical efficiency and exploring the inefficiency determinants of vegetable farms in Samsun province, Turkey (2007, methodology): “…Bravo-Ureta and Rieger, 1991; Bravo-Ureta and Evenson, 1994; Parikh et al., 1995; Ahmad and Bravo-Ureta, 1996; Lewelyn and Williams, 1996; Seyoum et al., 1998; Amara et al., 1999; Sharma et al., 1999; Zaibet and Dharmapala, 1999; Wilson et al., 2001; Trip et al., 2002 and Iràizoz et al., 2003).”