Evaluation of efficiency and profitability of potato cultivation in Iran

Subject Areas : Agricultural Economics Research

A. Shahnavazi ¹ (Economic, Social and Extension Research Department, East Azarbaijan Agricultural and Natural Recourses Research and Education Center, AREEO, Tabriz, Iran)

Received: 2018-07-11 Accepted : 2020-06-29 Published : 2020-10-22

Keywords: Technical efficiency, profitability, Ranking, allocation efficiency, cost efficiency,

Abstract :

In this study, the technical, allocative, cost and profitability efficiencies of potato cultivation were studied, using the Published data of the Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture for the 2014-2015 crop year. Based on the findings of input orientated and fixed return to scale approach, the average technical efficiency of potato production was 0.917 and in the output orientated with variable returns to scale, it was 0.970. According to the results, it was possible to increase the technical efficiency. The lowest and highest input efficiencies were 0.88 and 0.91 for labor and seed inputs, respectively. According to the results, average allocative efficiency was 0.708 and the lowest score belonged to Yazd province (0.247). In terms of cost efficiency, the lowest and most scores were related to Kermanshah and Yazd provinces with 1 and 0.247, respectively.

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