Abstract
Maize is the second most important crop after rice in terms of area and production in Nepal. This article analyzes the technical efficiency and its determinants of hybrid maize production in eastern Nepal. Using a randomly selected data from 98 farmers (41 from Morang and 57 from Sunsari) in eastern Nepal, the study employed a stochastic frontier production model to find the production elasticity coefficients of inputs, determinants of efficiency and technical efficiency of hybrid maize farmers. The results showed that maize production responds positively to increase in amount of urea, DAP and the area planted, where as it is negative to seed quantity. The study indicate that farmers are not technically efficient with a mean technical efficiency 79 %. Socioeconomic variable age had a negative and significant while the household size had a positive and significant related to maize output. The younger farmers were observed more technically efficient than older farmers. Larger the members in the household higher the maize production. It is recommended that farmers should increase their fertilizer dose and farm size while they should decrease their seed rate for efficient production.
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Maize output responded positively to urea.
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e0“maize production responds positively to increase in amount of urea, DAP and the area planted”
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Maize output responded positively to DAP.
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e0“maize production responds positively to increase in amount of urea, DAP and the area planted”
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Maize output increased with planted area.
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e0“maize production responds positively to increase in amount of urea, DAP and the area planted”
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Maize production responded negatively to seed quantity.
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e0“where as it is negative to seed quantity”
e1“maize production responds positively”
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Mean technical efficiency of maize farmers was 79 %.
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e0“farmers are not technically efficient with a mean technical efficiency 79 %”
e1“hybrid maize farmers”
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Farmer age was negatively associated with maize output.
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e0“age had a negative and significant while the household size had a positive and significant related to maize output”
e1“hybrid maize production in eastern Nepal”
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Household size was positively associated with maize output.
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e0“household size had a positive and significant related to maize output”
e1“hybrid maize production in eastern Nepal”
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Younger farmers were more technically efficient than older farmers.
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e0“The younger farmers were observed more technically efficient than older farmers”
e1“hybrid maize farmers”
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Farmers should raise fertilizer dose and farm size and lower seed rate.
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- increase their fertilizer dose and farm size while they should decrease their seed ratee0
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e0“farmers should increase their fertilizer dose and farm size while they should decrease their seed rate for efficient production”
e1“hybrid maize farmers”