Efficiency Evaluation of Farmer Producer Organisations in Sikkim: A DEA Approach
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Author: Rajiv Gurung and Manesh Choubey
Author Address: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Prasanthi Nilayam Campus, Puttaparthi-515 134 (Andhra Pradesh) and Professor, Department of Economics, Sikkim University, Gangtok-747 102 (Sikkim)
Keywords: Data envelopment analysis, farmer producer organisations, organic farming, technical efficiency.
JEL Codes: C67, C80, Q13.
Abstract
Using Data Envelopment Analysis
(DEA), this study estimated technical, scale, and pure technical efficiencies
for 20 Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) in India's hilly state, Sikkim.
Despite the financial and non-financial support provided by the central
government and many other incentives provided by the state government, the
findings indicated that the performance of FPOs in Sikkim was not satisfactory.
Only 25 per cent of the sampled FPOs in the state were efficient. The mean
values of TE, PTE and SE of FPOs were 0.656, 0.819, and 0.769, respectively. It
was found that scale inefficiency was the primary source of technical
inefficiency, followed by pure technical inefficiency. The results suggested
that FPOs in Sikkim face challenges and need immediate action.
Description
Indian J Econ Dev, 2023, 19(4), 823-830
https://doi.org/10.35716/IJED-22402