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Agricultural Production Efficiency of Bethma
Cultivation in Mahaweli System H
S. Thiruchelvam *
ABSTRACT
This study attempts to examine the agricultural
productivity and efficiency of owner cultivators and sharecroppers,
under Bethma cultivation in two Irrigation Units in the Madatugama
block of the Mahaweli System H area. A stochastic frontier production
function analysis reveals significant differences between productivity
and technical efficiency among these types of cultivators during Yala
2004. One of the key reasons for such a result is the lack of
land tenure security, which inhibits any long-term investments in
shared land. Stronger farmer organizations were more likely to be
efficient in productivity and technical efficiency than weaker ones.
This suggests the need for strengthening the farmer organizations to
increase agricultural production efficiency under the Bethma system.
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* The authors is senior lecturer,
Department
of Agricultural Economics and Business Management, University of
Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
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Thiruchelvam
2005 Sri Lankan
Journal of
Agricultural Economics. Volume 7 (1). Pp. 1 - 20
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