Cultural advice

The Australian National University acknowledges, celebrates and pays our respects to the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people of the Canberra region and to all First Nations Australians on whose traditional lands we meet and work, and whose cultures are among the oldest continuing cultures in human history.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are advised that ANU Library collections may include images, names, voices, and other representations of deceased persons.

Material in the collection may contain terms, language or views that reflect the period in which the item was created and may be considered inappropriate today.

Technology and farm performance: paths of productive efficiences over time

Thumbnail Image

Date

2001

Authors

Shand, Rick
Kalirajan, Kaliappa

Journal Title

Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

The focus of this paper is the process of adjustment of farm performance to disequilibrium with new technology over time, which has been a subject of speculation till now. It shows that, left to learn from their own experience, farmers will be slow to realise the full technical potential of a new technology. Drawing on theories of intra-firm diffusion, the hypotheses tested in this paper using data from India are: (1) initial overall farm performances are characterised by modest and widely varying technical and allocative efficiencies, and (2) over time, average efficiencies rise.

Description

Keywords

Keywords: agricultural performance; agricultural technology; efficiency measurement; farmers knowledge; India Allocative efficiency; Best practice techniques; Economic efficiency; Intra-firm diffusion; Process of adjustment and time-path; Technical efficiency

Citation

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/93171

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Agricultural Economics

Type

Journal article

Book Title

Entity type

Access Statement

License Rights

DOI

10.1016/S0169-5150(00)00077-3

Restricted until

DSpace software copyright © 2002-2026 LYRASIS