The Technical Efficiency of Small-scale Tea Plantation in Sri Lanka

Jeewanthi, D.G.M; Shantha, A.A

dc.contributor.author	Jeewanthi, D.G.M
dc.contributor.author	Shantha, A.A
dc.date.accessioned	2021-02-06T12:44:46Z
dc.date.available	2021-02-06T12:44:46Z
dc.date.issued	2021-01-11
dc.identifier.uri	http://repo.lib.sab.ac.lk:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/1647
dc.description.abstract	The tea smallholding sector is the leader in national tea production in Sri Lanka. However, it is believed that increasing profit is very difficult without increasing costly inputs, considering the high cost of production. This paper investigates the technical efficiency of smallholder tea farmers (STFs) in Sri Lanka by employing stochastic production frontier using a sample of 120 STFs. The results showed that the average technical efficiency of selected STFs is 78.44 per cent. This indicates that output can be further increased by 21.56 per cent without increasing the level of input. Gender and access to quality extension services were identified as the variables that have the greatest impact on technical efficiency. The results further showed the labour is the most important factor for tea production.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka	en_US
dc.subject	Frontier Production Function	en_US
dc.subject	Smallholder Tea Farmers	en_US
dc.subject	Tea Production	en_US
dc.subject	Technical Efficiency	en_US
dc.title	The Technical Efficiency of Small-scale Tea Plantation in Sri Lanka	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US