THE ASSESSMENT OF TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF SMALLHOLDER RICE FARMERS IN SEGOU REGION OF MALI:System of Rice Intensification versus Conventional Rice Production System.

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声明

TABLE OF CONTENTS

摘要

ABSTRACT

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

LIST OF ACRONYMS

CHAPTER1：INTRODUCTION

1．1．Background

1．2．Socio-economic aspect of Mali

1．3．Importance of Rice crop

1．4．Objectives

1．5．Research Contribution

1．6．Thesis Organization

CHAPTER 2：LITERATURE REVIEW AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

2．1．Literature Review

2．2．Conventional Rice Farming System

2．3．The System of Rice Intensification

2．4．Trends in rice production and importation in Mali

2．5．Theoretical framework

2．6．Conceptual framework

CHAPTER3：MATERIALS AND METHODS

3．1．Study Area

3．2．Data collection

3．3．Methodology

CHAPTER4：RESULT AND DISCUSSION

4．1．Summary statistics

4．2．Hypotheses tested

4．3．Estimation of parameters of the stochastic frontie and stochastic meta frontier model

4．4．Estimation of output elasticities and returns to scale

4．5．Estimation of technical efficiency and technology gap ratios

4．6．Determinants of technical inefficiency

CHAPTER 5：CONCLUSION AND STUDY LIMITATION

5．1Conclusion

5．2．Study limitation

5．3．Future research

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