The measurement and analysis of sunflower producers, technical efficiency in khoy

Subject Areas : crop production

ali bagerzadeh ¹

1 - دانشگاه آزاد اسلامي خوي

Received: 2010-06-27 Accepted : 2011-07-11 Published : 2010-07-01

Keywords: Technical efficiency, Timer method, Sun flower, Statistical test of ,

Abstract :

Regarding the importance of sunflower in production of nuts and oil, it has been tried to calculate the production function of sunflower growers in khoy. To this purpose the timer linear programming (LP) method was used, which was based on a field research, using the cross sectional data in 1387. The results obtained showed that the average technical efficiency of sunflower growers in Khoy was about %53, which in dicated the %47 wastage of the production resources. It was recognized that the lack of training and agricultural extension services were the effective social factors in technical workability of sunflower growers in Khoy. In conclusion, we suggest the governmental authorities to increase the allocated budget to promote the versatility of the sunflower growers and eliminate the unnecessary losses.

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