Economic Analysis of Broiler farms in Fars Province with Emphasis on Environmental Consideration

Subject Areas : Agricultural Economics Research

m. توکلی ¹ , s.n موسوی ² , f. طاهری ³

1 - دانشجوی کارشناسی ارشد دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد مرودشت، گروه علوم کشاورزی، مرودشت، ایران.
2 - دانشیار دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد مرودشت، گروه علوم کشاورزی، مرودشت، ایران.
3 - استادیار دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد مرودشت، گروه علوم کشاورزی، مرودشت، ایران.

Received: 2015-01-05 Accepted : 2015-01-05 Published : 2015-02-20

Keywords: Efficiency, profitability, paste management. Fars,

Abstract :

This paper aims to determine efficiency and waste management of broilers farms in Fars province. For this purpose, stochastic frontier production function was used. Data were collected from a random sample of broiler producers through interview. Results showed that average efficiency of broiler farms was 37.4 percent and efficiency of majority of farms wasbelow 80 percent. The result also indicated that most of farmers used part of wastesin reasonablewaysand burn the other part. Finally, some recommendations are made to improve efficiency and waste management.