Volume 7, Issue 3 (fall 2003)
jwss 2003, 7(3): 29-39 |
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In this study, efficiency of apple producers in Khorasan Province was determined by a cross sectional data of 212 apple producers.
Mean technical, allocative, and economic efficiencies were estimated to be around 31, 28, and 9 percent, respectively. A high potential was also detected for increasing these efficiencies. Apple producers’ age and education had positive effects and risk aversion had a negative effect on technical efficiency. Waste reduction, optimal use of inputs, introduction of technical-extension services, and apple insurance are suggested to increase efficiencies.
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