Efficiency measurement of edible canna production in Vietnam

Hien Thi Vu; Ke-Chung Peng; Rebecca H. Chung; Hien Thi Vu; Ke-Chung Peng; Rebecca H. Chung

doi:10.3934/agrfood.2020.3.466

AIMS Agriculture and Food

2020, Volume 5, Issue 3: 466-479. doi: 10.3934/agrfood.2020.3.466

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Efficiency measurement of edible canna production in Vietnam

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Department of Tropical Agriculture and International Cooperation, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 91201, Taiwan
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Department of Economics and Rural Development, Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry, Thai Nguyen 250000, Vietnam
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Department of Agribusiness Management, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 91201, Taiwan

Received: 12 June 2020 Accepted: 26 July 2020 Published: 06 August 2020

Edible canna cultivation was considered as one of the potential means to create job, contribute to increase income and reduce poverty for local communities in developing countries such as Vietnam. The study objective was to analyze the efficiency of edible canna production in Vietnam and subsequently to determine the factors affecting its inefficiency. The data envelopment analysis (DEA) was first applied to measure technical, scale, allocative and economic efficiency. The Tobit model was then applied to investigate what factors affecting the inefficiency scores of edible canna production in Vietnam. The data of 346 farmers gathered by face-to-face interviews was used to analyze in this study. The findings unveiled that mean pure technical efficiency (PTE) was highest (0.752), followed by scale efficiency (0.681), overall technical efficiency (0.513) and economic efficiency (0.258). Tobit regression analysis revealed that age, education and extension contact individually had a significantly negative impact on inefficient scores of farms, indicating that government should provide public investment policies tailoring in training, developing well-functioned extension systems as well as enhancing education level to improve the productivity of edible canna production in Vietnam efficiently.
- data envelopment analysis (DEA),
- edible canna farms,
- efficiency,
- Tobit model,
- Vietnam
Citation: Hien Thi Vu, Ke-Chung Peng, Rebecca H. Chung. Efficiency measurement of edible canna production in Vietnam[J]. AIMS Agriculture and Food, 2020, 5(3): 466-479. doi: 10.3934/agrfood.2020.3.466

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Abstract

Edible canna cultivation was considered as one of the potential means to create job, contribute to increase income and reduce poverty for local communities in developing countries such as Vietnam. The study objective was to analyze the efficiency of edible canna production in Vietnam and subsequently to determine the factors affecting its inefficiency. The data envelopment analysis (DEA) was first applied to measure technical, scale, allocative and economic efficiency. The Tobit model was then applied to investigate what factors affecting the inefficiency scores of edible canna production in Vietnam. The data of 346 farmers gathered by face-to-face interviews was used to analyze in this study. The findings unveiled that mean pure technical efficiency (PTE) was highest (0.752), followed by scale efficiency (0.681), overall technical efficiency (0.513) and economic efficiency (0.258). Tobit regression analysis revealed that age, education and extension contact individually had a significantly negative impact on inefficient scores of farms, indicating that government should provide public investment policies tailoring in training, developing well-functioned extension systems as well as enhancing education level to improve the productivity of edible canna production in Vietnam efficiently.

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