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Technical efficiency of wheat farmers and options for minimizing yield gaps in Afghanistan

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Title Technical efficiency of wheat farmers and options for minimizing yield gaps in Afghanistan
 
Creator Tavva, Srinivas
 
Contributor Aw-Hassan, Aden A.
Rizvi, Javed
Saharawat, Yashpal
 
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Description Afghanistan is a net importer of wheat which is the staple food in the country. In order to improve the levels of food
sufficiency, prevailing large yield gaps in wheat need to be reduced. This study assessed the reasons/factors influencing low
wheat productivity and/or large yield gaps in different production systems in five major wheat-producing provinces in
Afghanistan using a stochastic frontier production function model. The results indicated that the mean technical efficiency
of wheat farmers was 0.67, and there was clear scope to improve wheat production by 33% in the short run with the same
level of inputs. The potential yield gap could be reduced if adoption of good agricultural practices such as the use of
improved wheat varieties with recommended seed rates was promoted through more effective transfer of technologies
(training and extension) in the target provinces. Such efforts would help improve domestic wheat production and reduce
dependency on wheat imports.
 
Date 2017-03-01
2017-02-24T17:36:28Z
2017-02-24T17:36:28Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0030727016689632
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/312870002_Technical_efficiency_of_wheat_farmers_and_options_for_minimizing_yield_gaps_in_Afghanistan
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Srinivas Tavva, Aden A. Aw-Hassan, Javed Rizvi, Yashpal Saharawat. (1/3/2017). Technical efficiency of wheat farmers and options for minimizing yield gaps in Afghanistan. Outlook On Agriculture, 46 (1), pp. 13-19.
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/5961
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Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-4.0
 
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Publisher SAGE Publications (UK and US)
 
Source Outlook On Agriculture;46,(2017) Pagination 13-19