Impact of agriculture extension services on technical efficiency of rural paddy farmers in southwest Bangladesh
Agricultural Extension Services (AES) aim to improve farming knowledge that helps in increasing crop production and the technical efficiency of paddy farmers in Bangladesh. The purposes of this study are to measure the impact of an AES, namely, the Blue Gold programme, on the technical efficiency an...
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| description | Agricultural Extension Services (AES) aim to improve farming knowledge that helps in increasing crop production and the technical efficiency of paddy farmers in Bangladesh. The purposes of this study are to measure the impact of an AES, namely, the Blue Gold programme, on the technical efficiency and production level of the Boro paddy farmers in southwest rural Bangladesh. A total of 122 paddy farmers were interviewed, employing a random sampling method. To analyse the technical efficiency of the farmers, the Cobb-Douglas stochastic frontier model was employed. The findings show that the mean technical efficiency levels of the participants and non-participants are 95% and 82%, producing 162.74 and 136.48 maunds per hectare, respectively. The findings are indispensable for devising strategies for environment-friendly agricultural activities and rural economic development in Bangladesh. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-88c82cdcd31949c7952e6930cef5511c2022-12-21T19:38:06ZengElsevierEnvironmental Challenges2667-01002021-12-015100261Impact of agriculture extension services on technical efficiency of rural paddy farmers in southwest BangladeshBangkim Biswas0Bishawjit Mallick1Apurba Roy2Zakia Sultana3Coastal Research Foundation (CRF), Khulna 9250, Bangladesh; Corresponding author.Chair of Environmental Development and Risk Management, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany; Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, USADepartment of Economics, University of Barishal, Barishal 8206, Bangladesh; School of Economics and Finance, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New ZealandDepartment of Environmental Science and Disaster Management, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University, Gopalganj 8100, BangladeshAgricultural Extension Services (AES) aim to improve farming knowledge that helps in increasing crop production and the technical efficiency of paddy farmers in Bangladesh. The purposes of this study are to measure the impact of an AES, namely, the Blue Gold programme, on the technical efficiency and production level of the Boro paddy farmers in southwest rural Bangladesh. A total of 122 paddy farmers were interviewed, employing a random sampling method. To analyse the technical efficiency of the farmers, the Cobb-Douglas stochastic frontier model was employed. The findings show that the mean technical efficiency levels of the participants and non-participants are 95% and 82%, producing 162.74 and 136.48 maunds per hectare, respectively. The findings are indispensable for devising strategies for environment-friendly agricultural activities and rural economic development in Bangladesh.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667010021002407Agricultural extension servicesExtension contactTechnical efficiencyBlue gold programmeParticipant and non-participantBangladesh |
| spellingShingle | Bangkim Biswas Bishawjit Mallick Apurba Roy Zakia Sultana Impact of agriculture extension services on technical efficiency of rural paddy farmers in southwest Bangladesh Environmental Challenges Agricultural extension services Extension contact Technical efficiency Blue gold programme Participant and non-participant Bangladesh |
| title | Impact of agriculture extension services on technical efficiency of rural paddy farmers in southwest Bangladesh |
| title_full | Impact of agriculture extension services on technical efficiency of rural paddy farmers in southwest Bangladesh |
| title_fullStr | Impact of agriculture extension services on technical efficiency of rural paddy farmers in southwest Bangladesh |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of agriculture extension services on technical efficiency of rural paddy farmers in southwest Bangladesh |
| title_short | Impact of agriculture extension services on technical efficiency of rural paddy farmers in southwest Bangladesh |
| title_sort | impact of agriculture extension services on technical efficiency of rural paddy farmers in southwest bangladesh |
| topic | Agricultural extension services Extension contact Technical efficiency Blue gold programme Participant and non-participant Bangladesh |
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