Participation in Organizations, Technical Efficiency and Territorial Differences: A Study of Small Wheat Farmers in Chile

The lack of efficient individual solutions for small farmers either in the market or through the State has resulted in a search for collective spaces to strengthen their productive capacities, where participation in organizations emerges as a relevant factor to obtain higher efficiency levels. The a...

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Autores principales:	Jaime,Mónica M, Salazar,César A
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, INIA 2011
Materias:	Technical efficiency stochastic frontier production function participation in organizations Social capital Eficiencia técnica fronteras de producción estocásticas participación en organizaciones capital social
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-583920110001000132018-10-01Participation in Organizations, Technical Efficiency and Territorial Differences: A Study of Small Wheat Farmers in ChileJaime,Mónica MSalazar,César A Technical efficiency stochastic frontier production function participation in organizations Social capital Eficiencia técnica fronteras de producción estocásticas participación en organizaciones capital social The lack of efficient individual solutions for small farmers either in the market or through the State has resulted in a search for collective spaces to strengthen their productive capacities, where participation in organizations emerges as a relevant factor to obtain higher efficiency levels. The aims of this study were to analyze the determinants of technical efficiency of wheat small farmers in Bío-Bío Region (Chile) and to evaluate its relation to a variety of variables, including farmer participation in organizations, for several territories with different agro-climatic conditions. Using information from the VII Agricultural and Forestry Survey, a stochastic frontier production function was estimated. The results show that age, education, farm size, degree of specialization and dependence of activity explain individual technical efficiency levels. Participation in cooperatives and gremial associations is also related to higher technical efficiency levels, especially in territories characterized for a lower wheat productive vocation.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessInstituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, INIAChilean journal of agricultural research v.71 n.1 20112011-03-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-58392011000100013en10.4067/S0718-58392011000100013
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topic	Technical efficiency stochastic frontier production function participation in organizations Social capital Eficiencia técnica fronteras de producción estocásticas participación en organizaciones capital social
spellingShingle	Technical efficiency stochastic frontier production function participation in organizations Social capital Eficiencia técnica fronteras de producción estocásticas participación en organizaciones capital social Jaime,Mónica M Salazar,César A Participation in Organizations, Technical Efficiency and Territorial Differences: A Study of Small Wheat Farmers in Chile
description	The lack of efficient individual solutions for small farmers either in the market or through the State has resulted in a search for collective spaces to strengthen their productive capacities, where participation in organizations emerges as a relevant factor to obtain higher efficiency levels. The aims of this study were to analyze the determinants of technical efficiency of wheat small farmers in Bío-Bío Region (Chile) and to evaluate its relation to a variety of variables, including farmer participation in organizations, for several territories with different agro-climatic conditions. Using information from the VII Agricultural and Forestry Survey, a stochastic frontier production function was estimated. The results show that age, education, farm size, degree of specialization and dependence of activity explain individual technical efficiency levels. Participation in cooperatives and gremial associations is also related to higher technical efficiency levels, especially in territories characterized for a lower wheat productive vocation.
author	Jaime,Mónica M Salazar,César A
author_facet	Jaime,Mónica M Salazar,César A
author_sort	Jaime,Mónica M
title	Participation in Organizations, Technical Efficiency and Territorial Differences: A Study of Small Wheat Farmers in Chile
title_short	Participation in Organizations, Technical Efficiency and Territorial Differences: A Study of Small Wheat Farmers in Chile
title_full	Participation in Organizations, Technical Efficiency and Territorial Differences: A Study of Small Wheat Farmers in Chile
title_fullStr	Participation in Organizations, Technical Efficiency and Territorial Differences: A Study of Small Wheat Farmers in Chile
title_full_unstemmed	Participation in Organizations, Technical Efficiency and Territorial Differences: A Study of Small Wheat Farmers in Chile
title_sort	participation in organizations, technical efficiency and territorial differences: a study of small wheat farmers in chile
publisher	Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, INIA
publishDate	2011
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Participation in Organizations, Technical Efficiency and Territorial Differences: A Study of Small Wheat Farmers in Chile

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