Abstract
ASSESSING PRODUCTIVITY AND RESOURCE USE EFFICIENCY IN RICE FARMING IN RUPANDEHI, NEPAL
Journal: i TECH MAG (Research Article)
Author:Saroj Dhakal, Sisam Pandey, Saroj Joshi, Rojina Devkota, Pooja Gyawali, Niruta Paudel, Sanjina Rajbhandari
DOI: 10.26480/itechmag.07.2025.01.05
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This research aims to analyze the key factors governing rice productivity in Rupandehi, Nepal. To examine how changes in independent variables affect crop yield, the Cobb-Douglas production function is employed. The Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) is used as an extension of the Cobb-Douglas model to measure the efficiency with which inputs are transformed into output relative to the optimal frontier. Both analyses were done to check the robustness of the study. The purposive selection of the research site and random selection of 61 respondents were interviewed to collect primary data. As a result, among five inputs, farm machinery and labor were statistically significant to crop yield at 1% Level of Significance. Similarly, pesticides and fertilizer use were also found to have positive and significant impacts on crop yield at 5% Level of Significance. An increasing return to scale and Economics of scale were evident with value of 1.026. The distribution of efficiency scores shows that most farms (77.05%) have an efficiency score of 0.8, yielding an average crop production of 1715.96 kg. Thus, further strengthening the adoption of farm mechanization with their better accessibility and affordability, promoting skills of laborers through extension outreach and timely supply of agrochemicals are crucial to improve technical efficiency of rice production in the study area.
| Pages | 01-05 |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 7 |