Investigating the effect of land fragmentation on the technical efficiency of wheat farmers (case study: wheat farmers of Poldasht city)
Subject Areas :Bayram Ali Akbari 1 , محمد هومانی فراهانی 2 , sakineh jabarpoor 3
1 - M.Sc. Student in Agricultural Management, Department of Agriculture, Faculty of Agricultural Management, Islamic Azad University, Maku Branch, Maku
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3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Faculty of Human Sciences, Islamic Azad University of Maku Branch, Maku, Iran.
Keywords: Keywords: Land dispersion, Technical efficiency, Data envelopment analysis, Poldasht city.,
Abstract :
Bayram ali Akbari Mohammad Hoomani Farahani Sakineh Jabbarpoor Abstract The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of land dispersion on the technical efficiency of wheat farmers (Case study: wheat farmers in Poldasht). This research was descriptive-analytical and applied research. The statistical population of this study was all wheat farmers in Poldasht city of West Azerbaijan province, which according to the sample formula was calculated equal to 307 wheat farmers and were selected from four villages of Chaipasar Sharghi, Zangiar, Gachlarat Gharbi and Gachlarat Sharghi by simple random sampling. To analyze the technical efficiency of the data envelopment analysis method with CCR model and the tool for investigating the factors of land dispersion, Shockati and Amghani questionnaire in 1397, which included 19 items. The reliability of the instrument was calculated and confirmed by Cronbach's alpha test greater than 0.7. According to the findings, the technical efficiency of Eastern Chaipasar village was higher than other villages and Gajlarat Gharbi village had the lowest technical efficiency. Also, the average technical efficiency was calculated to be 0.84. Also, more than 59% of lands have technical efficiency above 50. It can be concluded that most farms had poor performance. Therefore, this issue shows the capacity to improve the efficiency of wheat production in Poldasht city. Also, the research findings showed that the distribution of agricultural lands predicts 0.106% of technical efficiency 0. Physical-physical factors 0.089, qualitative-social factors 0.097 and historical-religious factors, technical efficiency score of wheat farmers / 0.08 0 Standard deviation will be reduced, but regulatory factors, technical efficiency score of wheat farmers will increase by 0.124 standard deviation. As a result, land dispersion changes the crop planting strategy and increases current costs. Factors such as socio-family characteristics, lack of government oversight, ethnic-religious and physical issues have led to land dispersion reducing technical efficiency.