Technical efficiency and its determinants in China’s hog production

doi:10.1016/S2095-3119(14)60989-8

Journal of Integrative Agriculture ›› 2015, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (6): 1057-1068.DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(14)60989-8

Technical efficiency and its determinants in China’s hog production

TIAN Xu, SUN Fei-fei, ZHOU Ying-heng

College of Economics and Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, P.R.China

收稿日期:2014-01-25 出版日期:2015-06-05 发布日期:2015-06-11
通讯作者: ZHOU Ying-heng, Tel: +86-25-84396537,E-mail: zhouyh@njau.edu.cn
作者简介:TIAN Xu, Mobile: +86-18724010668, E-mail: xutian@njau.edu.cn;
基金资助:
The study was sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (71473123, 71333008), A Project Funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD), China, and China Center for Food Security Studies, Nanjing Agricultural University, China.

Technical efficiency and its determinants in China’s hog production

TIAN Xu, SUN Fei-fei, ZHOU Ying-heng

College of Economics and Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, P.R.China

Received:2014-01-25 Online:2015-06-05 Published:2015-06-11
Contact: ZHOU Ying-heng, Tel: +86-25-84396537,E-mail: zhouyh@njau.edu.cn
About author:TIAN Xu, Mobile: +86-18724010668, E-mail: xutian@njau.edu.cn;
Supported by:
The study was sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (71473123, 71333008), A Project Funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD), China, and China Center for Food Security Studies, Nanjing Agricultural University, China.

摘要/Abstract

摘要： China’s hog production is undergoing a great transformation due to the soaring demand and changing raising system. Regarding the essential role of pork in Chinese diet, a systematic analysis on the productivity and efficiency of hog production can provide significant implications for policy makers. This paper investigates the productivity and efficiency of hog production and the determinants of technical efficiency in China using a household level panel data (2004–2010). A stochastic frontier translog production function with scaling property in inefficiency term is adopted for hog production analysis, and the determinants of technical efficiency are incorporated in a one-step estimation using maximum likelihood estimation. Our results show that the average technical efficiency of hog production in China is 0.5914. More importantly, we find that specialized farmers have higher technical efficiency than others, and technical efficiency in the eastern region is higher than that in Central and West China.

关键词: technical efficiency , hog production , China

Abstract: China’s hog production is undergoing a great transformation due to the soaring demand and changing raising system. Regarding the essential role of pork in Chinese diet, a systematic analysis on the productivity and efficiency of hog production can provide significant implications for policy makers. This paper investigates the productivity and efficiency of hog production and the determinants of technical efficiency in China using a household level panel data (2004–2010). A stochastic frontier translog production function with scaling property in inefficiency term is adopted for hog production analysis, and the determinants of technical efficiency are incorporated in a one-step estimation using maximum likelihood estimation. Our results show that the average technical efficiency of hog production in China is 0.5914. More importantly, we find that specialized farmers have higher technical efficiency than others, and technical efficiency in the eastern region is higher than that in Central and West China.

Key words: technical efficiency , hog production , China

TIAN Xu, SUN Fei-fei, ZHOU Ying-heng. Technical efficiency and its determinants in China’s hog production[J]. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2015, 14(6): 1057-1068.

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