IJAER

International Journal of Agriculture and Environmental Research™

ISSN 2455-6939

Title:
PRODUCTIVITY ANALYSIS OF EXTERNAL INPUT USE IN RICE PRODUCTION: A CASE STUDY OF SAMSUN PROVINCE, TURKEY

Authors:
Mehmet Bozoglu, Elif Yurdakos Yoruk

Abstract:
During the last century, there has been a decreasing trend on cultivated areas in the world. Therefore, increasing productivity and efficiency has become the main way to promote agricultural development in all countries. Rice is one of the main agricultural crops for food security in the developing countries. In this paper, we examined the productivity of external input use of rice production for the farm level. Cobb-Douglas production function was employed on cross-sectional data of 59 rice farms. In the model, rice productivity per hectare was the dependent variable. Pesticide use, chemical fertilizer use, seed use, labor use, diesel oil use and crop rotation were explanatory variables. The results revealed that farmers overused seed, labor and diesel oil in rice production. However, the usages of pesticides and fertilizers were not enough.

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