Extension services and the technical efficiency of crop-specific farms in China
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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.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy |
Volume | 45 |
Issue number | 1 |
Pages (from-to) | 436-459 |
Number of pages | 24 |
ISSN | 2040-5790 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2023 |
Externally published | Yes |
- crop-specific farms, extension services, stochastic metafrontier analysis, technical efficiency, METAFRONTIER PRODUCTION FUNCTION, AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION, TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION, FIELD SCHOOLS, IMPACT, PERFORMANCE, POVERTY, COOPERATIVES, INFORMATION, ACQUISITION
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