Cultivation Arrangements and the Cost Efficiency of Rice Farming in Taiwan

• Published in: Journal of productivity analysis Vol. 18; no. 3; pp. 223 - 239
• Main Authors: HUANG, MEI-YING, HUANG, CLIFF J., FU, TSU-TAN
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Norwell Kluwer Academic Publishers 01.11.2002; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agriculture; Alternative agriculture; Cost efficiency; Cost estimates; Cost functions; Crops; Efficiency; Employment; Family farms; Farm income; Farmers; Farmworkers; Harvest; Minimization of cost; Plowing; Rice; Tillers

In this paper, a switching regression model is developed to analyze farmers' choice behavior and cost efficiency in field plowing arrangement in Taiwan. We find that the decision on the choice of plowing arrangement is determined by a cost comparison between self-plowing and hired-service, and...