How productive are rice farmers in Sri Lanka? The impact of resource accessibility, seed sources and varietal diversification

How productive are rice farmers in Sri Lanka? The impact of resource accessibility, seed sources and varietal diversification

This paper assesses the impact of resource accessibility, seed sources and varietal diversification on the production efficiency of Sri Lankan rice growers using farm and household level survey data. The empirical results show that there are opportunities for average Sri Lankan rice farmers to furth...

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Main Authors: Kanesh Suresh, Clevo Wilson, Uttam Khanal, Shunsuke Managi, Samithamby Santhirakumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-06-01
Series:Heliyon
Subjects:
Technical efficiency
Rice farmers
Stochastic frontier analysis
Determinants
Sri Lanka
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844021015012

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