Land tenure and cost inefficiency: the case of rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivation in Chile
This study aims to examine the impact of land tenure arrangements on production costs in a sample of rice farmers in Ñuble Region, Chile. A stochastic frontier model was estimated using the primal approach on a panel of 107 farmers in 2014-2015. Production cost was broken down into frontier cost...
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This study aims to examine the impact of land tenure arrangements on production costs in a sample of rice farmers in Ñuble Region, Chile. A stochastic frontier model was estimated using the primal approach on a panel of 107 farmers in 2014-2015. Production cost was broken down into frontier costs and inefficiency. According to findings, economic inefficiency raises rice production costs by 82%. Technical inefficiency accounts for a 61% increase, while allocative inefficiency accounts for 21%. Across tenure types, land is the input with the highest misallocation, accounting for 93% of allocative inefficiency costs. Sharecropping is the arrangement allocating inputs most efficiently, producing significant differences in production costs relative to leasing and ownership. This finding suggests that before designing a policy to induce a tenure system, it is necessary to evaluate specific cases as there is no system superior to another, strictly speaking.
Highlights:
• Economic inefficiency raises rice production costs by 82%. Technical inefficiency accounts for a 61% increase, while allocative inefficiency accounts for 21%.
• The sharecropping system stood out as the most efficient, with production costs 13.5% lower than the rental system and 3.4% lower than those of the ownership system.
• Sharecroppers have a higher incentive to exert more effort and complete all responsibilities more efficiently, which can cut down on or do away with the costs associated with supervision that are typical in wage labor systems.
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| spelling | doaj.art-a55aac6a6b4e4e1db2d5e0b3e03457052024-01-31T19:08:07ZengFacultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Universidad Nacional de CuyoRevista de la Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias0370-46611853-86652023-10-0155210.48162/rev.39.109Land tenure and cost inefficiency: the case of rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivation in ChileRicardo Andrés Troncoso Sepúlveda0Juan Hernán Cabas Monje1Bouali Guesmi2Universidad Católica del Norte. Departamento de Administración. Avenida Angamos. 0610. C. P. 1249004. Antofagasta. ChileUniversidad del Bío-Bío. Departamento de Gestión Empresarial. Grupo de Investigación en Agronegocios. Avda. Andrés Bello 720. Casilla 447. C. P. 3800708. Chillán. ChileCentro de Economía y Desarrollo Agroalimentario (CREDA-UPC-IRTA). Campus del Baix Llobregat-UPC. Esteve Terradas. 8. Castelldefels. 08860. Barcelona. España This study aims to examine the impact of land tenure arrangements on production costs in a sample of rice farmers in Ñuble Region, Chile. A stochastic frontier model was estimated using the primal approach on a panel of 107 farmers in 2014-2015. Production cost was broken down into frontier costs and inefficiency. According to findings, economic inefficiency raises rice production costs by 82%. Technical inefficiency accounts for a 61% increase, while allocative inefficiency accounts for 21%. Across tenure types, land is the input with the highest misallocation, accounting for 93% of allocative inefficiency costs. Sharecropping is the arrangement allocating inputs most efficiently, producing significant differences in production costs relative to leasing and ownership. This finding suggests that before designing a policy to induce a tenure system, it is necessary to evaluate specific cases as there is no system superior to another, strictly speaking. Highlights: • Economic inefficiency raises rice production costs by 82%. Technical inefficiency accounts for a 61% increase, while allocative inefficiency accounts for 21%. • The sharecropping system stood out as the most efficient, with production costs 13.5% lower than the rental system and 3.4% lower than those of the ownership system. • Sharecroppers have a higher incentive to exert more effort and complete all responsibilities more efficiently, which can cut down on or do away with the costs associated with supervision that are typical in wage labor systems. https://revistas.uncu.edu.ar/ojs/index.php/RFCA/article/view/6749rice productionland tenurestochastic modelcost inefficiencymisallocation |
| spellingShingle | Ricardo Andrés Troncoso Sepúlveda Juan Hernán Cabas Monje Bouali Guesmi Land tenure and cost inefficiency: the case of rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivation in Chile Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias rice production land tenure stochastic model cost inefficiency misallocation |
| title | Land tenure and cost inefficiency: the case of rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivation in Chile |
| title_full | Land tenure and cost inefficiency: the case of rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivation in Chile |
| title_fullStr | Land tenure and cost inefficiency: the case of rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivation in Chile |
| title_full_unstemmed | Land tenure and cost inefficiency: the case of rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivation in Chile |
| title_short | Land tenure and cost inefficiency: the case of rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivation in Chile |
| title_sort | land tenure and cost inefficiency the case of rice oryza sativa l cultivation in chile |
| topic | rice production land tenure stochastic model cost inefficiency misallocation |
| url | https://revistas.uncu.edu.ar/ojs/index.php/RFCA/article/view/6749 |
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