RUDN Journal of EconomicsRUDN Journal of EconomicsВестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Экономика2313-23292408-8986Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)2311610.22363/2313-2329-2019-27-3-525-535Industrial organization marketsЭкономика отраслевых рынковResearch ArticleTechnical efficiency of smallholder malt barley producers in Tiyo district (Ethiopia)Техническая эффективность малых производителей ячменного солода в районе Тийо (Эфиопия)BekeleYadetaБекелеЙядетаlecturer and researcher, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicineпреподаватель департамента экономики и управления сельским хозяйством, Колледж сельского хозяйства и ветеринарииyadeta11@gmail.comRegasaGutaРегасаГутаstudent, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicineстарший преподаватель департамента экономики и управления сельским хозяйством, Колледж сельского хозяйства и ветеринарииjiineguta2014@gmail.comJimma UniversityУниверситет Джиммы15122019273VOL 27, NO3 (2019)ТОМ 27, №3 (2019)52553506032020Copyright ©; 2019, Bekele Y., Regasa G.Copyright ©; 2019, Бекеле Й., Регаса Г.2019Bekele Y., Regasa G.Бекеле Й., Регаса Г.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0https://journals.rudn.ru/economics/article/view/23116This study analyzed the determinants of technical efficiency of smallholder malt barley producers and estimated their technical efficiency in Tiyo district of Arsi zone, Ethiopia. Data were obtained from 162 randomly selected malt barley farmers. Descriptive statistics and the translog functional form of the production function simultaneously with single stage estimation approach were used to estimate the production of barley output and technical inefficiency factors. The study revealed that the average technical efficiency of the farmers in the production of malt barley is 71%. This reveals that there exists a possibility to increase the level of malt barley yield by 29% utilizing the existing local technical knowledge of efficient farmers. This further implies that it is possible to produce the same output by reducing current input utilization by 29%. The discrepancy ratio (γ), which estimates the relative deviation of output from the frontier level due to inefficiency, was about 61%. This implies that about 62% of the variation in malt barley production among the sample farmers was credited to technical inefficiency while, the remaining 38% comes due to factors outside the control of farmers. The maximum likelihood parameter estimates showed that malt barley yield was significantly influenced by the amount of fertilizers (DAP and UREA), number of oxen, labour, malt barley seed, herbicide usage and land allocated for malt barley. The stochastic production frontier model shows that experience, education status, number of oxen, land size, and extension contact significantly affected technical inefficiency of malt barley production. Therefore, attention should be given to improve the less efficient farmers following the practices of relatively efficient farmers in the area. On top of this, policies and strategies of the government should give due focus for the determinants of technical inefficiencies in malt barley production.Исследование посвящено оценке технической эффективности малых предприятий - производителей ячменя на примере района Тийо (Эфиопия). Статистической базой послужили данные 162 производителей ячменя. Исследование показало, что средняя техническая эффективность производителей ячменя составляет 71 %, при этом сохраняется возможность повысить уровень урожайности еще на 29 % за счет уже существующих и используемых производителями технологий. Расчеты, проведенные авторами, показали, что коэффициент расхождения (γ), оценивающий относительное отклонение выпуска от пограничного уровня из-за неэффективности, составил около 61 %. Исследование показало, что урожайность солодового ячменя находится в прямой зависимости от объема использованных удобрений, технической оснащенности, качества и количества посевного материала, площади использованных земель. Опыт наиболее эффективных фермеров может послужить хорошим примером для производителей с наименьшей эффективностью и выпуском продукции. Наряду с этим государственная политика и меры в области улучшения технической составляющей фермерских хозяйств могут послужить дополнительным толчком для развития данной отрасли.Cobb - Douglasmalt barleystochastic frontiertechnical efficiencyячменный солодтехническая эффективностьстохастическая границапроизводственная функция Кобба - Дугласа[Assefa A., Jema H., Bosena T. (2016). Technical Efficiency of Smallholder Wheat Production in Soro District of Hadiya Zone, Southern Ethiopia. M.Sc. thesis presented to the School of Graduate Studies of Haramaya University, Ethiopia.][Awol A.E., (2014). 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