Research article

ESTIMATING THE ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF THE COMPLEMENTARY IRRIGATION OF WHEAT IN THE PRODUCTION SEASON 2022 NINEVEH GOVERNORATE – TELKIF DISTRICT

Farah Muhsen Ali Al-Sherin and Dr. Hassan Thamer Zanzal

Online First: March 24, 2023


The current study aims at estimating the technical efficiency, allocative efficiency and the economic efficiency of wheat crop according to Data Envelopment Analysis (DAE). The researcher used data that is taken from a random sample that involves farmers of wheat in Nineveh governorate – Telkif district for the production season 2022. The sample included (75) farmers who represents 100% of the population in question. The data was obtained via designing a questionnaire form that was prepared for this purpose. The results of efficiency analysis showed according to the data envelopment and depending on the variables of the cost function that the number of the farms that achieved a technical efficiency with a level of 100% is (28) farms and with a percentage of (37%) of the sample farmers. Moreover, the farms that achieved allocative efficiency with a percentage of (100%) were (2) farms, with a percentage of (3%) of the farms included in the sample. Additionally, the farms that achieved an economic efficiency with a percentage of (100%) were (2) farms, with a percentage of (3%) of the farms included in the sample. the researcher would recommend to make use of the efficiency indicators that were obtained from the Data Enveloping Analysis in addition to encourage and direct the farmers to use the modern techniques of irrigation and the necessity to encourage the role played by the extension system in terms of raising the awareness of the farmers by urging them to adopt the modern irrigation methods.

Keywords

economic efficiency, technical efficiency, allocative efficiency, Data envelopment method