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Extension services and the technical efficiency of crop‐specific farms in China

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: China operates the world's largest system of extension services, but knowledge about its effectiveness is limited. Using farm survey data and a stochastic meta‐frontier production function, this study investigates the impact of extension services on the technical efficiency of crop‐specific farms in China. Results reveal that extension services have a statistically significant and strongly correlated relationship with farm technical efficiency and that different sources of extension have an inconsistent impact on it. Crop‐specific farms require distinct extension provision whose content is designed to match farmers' needs, and hence a pluralistic and well‐functioning system of extension provision should be developed.

Source: Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy

DOI: 10.1002/aepp.13209

Authors: Qian Liu, Yongmu Jiang, Carl‐Johan Lagerkvist, Wei Huang

Institutions: Sichuan University, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Language: English

Topic: Efficiency Analysis Using DEA

Subfield: Management Science and Operations Research

Field: Decision Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Zero hunger, Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,300