ESTIMATION OF TECHNICAL AND ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY OF OKRA FARM IN BILASPUR DISTRICT OF CHHATTISGARH STATE

AJAY TEGAR¹*, K.N.S. BANAFAR², A.K. GAURAHA³, M.R. CHANDRAKR^4
1Department of Agricultural Economics, BTC College of Agriculture and Research Station, Bilaspur, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, 495001, India
²Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, 492012, Chhattisgarh India
³Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, 492012, Chhattisgarh India
⁴Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, 492012, Chhattisgarh India
* Corresponding Author : tegar17575@gmail.com

Received : 13-08-2018     Accepted : 26-08-2018     Published : 30-08-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 16       Pages : 6956 - 6960
Int J Agr Sci 10.16 (2018):6956-6960

Keywords : Technical efficiency, Allocative efficiency, Stochastic Frontier Production, Maximum Likelihood Estimates, Return to Scale
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to College of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, Raipur, 492012, India
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

The study investigated the technical efficiency and allocative efficiency of okra farm in Bilaspur District of Chhattisgarh, using a stochastic frontier production function. Pre tested questionnaires were used to collect the primary data from 154 randomly selected respondents. The study revealed return to scale on okra farm positive and less than unity as 0.428 which indicated that okra production in stage two of the production surface. The stochastic frontier analysis showed that 36.1 percent of the variation in okra output attributed to technical efficiencies differences among the production units. About 63.9 percent of the variation in output was due to random factors such as unfavourable weather, water scarcity, pest and disease attacks and other factors outside the control of producer including errors in data collection. The mean technical efficiency of the pooled sample accounted to be 96.1 percent. Allocative efficiency in production of okra was not optimum as input variables were either under utilsed or over utilised. Allocative efficiency of agrochemical was found most under utilised and irrigation over utilised resource in okra production. No farm from different size groups of farms of vegetable growers found using the resources efficiently.

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