A COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC STUDY OF CROSS BREED COW FATTENING FARM EFFICIENCY AT BEHIRA GOVERNORATE: A STOCHASTIC FRONTIER PRODUCTION FUNCTION APPROACH | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research | ||||
| Article 8, Volume 94, Issue 2, July 2016, Page 435-454 PDF (818.47 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejar.2016.152507 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| WAEL A. ELABD1; ALAA A. KOTB1; AHMED M. ELHENDY2 | ||||
| 1Agricultural Economy Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki ,Giza, Egypt. | ||||
| 2College of Agriculture and Food Sciences – king Saud University. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Demand of red meat increased as a result of population increase in Egypt, but cow fattening farms did not response simply because of resource use are less-efficient. The economic return of farms did not attract investors. In 2013, Behira governorate has about 14% of cow fattening farms in Egypt. The study objective is estimating the elasticity of production and technical efficiency of farms, which help in increasing farm management efficiency. Behira governorate has three provinces of Abo-Homos, Kafer-Eldawar, and Damanhour. The study apply two forms of production function, the first one is Cobb-Douglas for estimating the production elasticity, the second one is Stochastic Frontier Production Function for estimating technical efficiency. The study results showed that sum of production elasticity is economies of scale vary among Behira provinces, and technical efficiency was 87% 98%, 91%, and 86% for Behira, Kafer-Elwar, Damanhour and Abo-Homous respectively. Study results recommend that future studies need to include economic efficiency, which need input values, to help in minimizing the cost of production ant cow fattening farms. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| CROSS BREED COW FATTENING; PRODUCTION FUNCTION APPROACH | ||||
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