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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (17): 147-155.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2022-0716

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Study on Technical Efficiency Measurement and Influencing Factors of Cotton Production in Manas County of Xinjiang

QI Huan(), LI Jinmei()   

  1. School of Public Administration (Law School), Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi 830052
  • Received:2022-08-23 Revised:2022-12-16 Online:2023-06-15 Published:2023-06-12

Abstract:

To understand the technical efficiency of cotton production in Manas County and its influencing factors, this study measured the technical efficiency of production by using DEA model on input-output data of 350 cotton farmers in Manas County, Xinjiang in 2020, and empirically analyzed the factors affecting the technical efficiency of cotton production in Manas County by using Tobit model. The results showed that the average technical efficiency of cotton production in Manas County in 2020 was 82.50%, and the maximum value of technical efficiency of cotton production in each township was 100% and the minimum value was 35.40%. The empirical results showed that cotton production technical efficiency was influenced by the amount of subsidies, mechanization level, whether to participate in technical training, profit per hectare of cotton, whether to join cooperatives, education level, planting scale and whether to work outside. It is concluded that the following aspects should be taken into consideration to improve the technical efficiency of cotton production in Manas County: (1) change the cotton production method to help improve the quality of cotton production; (2) increase the cotton target price subsidy and continue to deepen the reform of the target price subsidy policy; (3) conduct moderate scale operation to achieve the optimal allocation of production factors; (4) intensify the technical training and guidance for cotton farmers.

Key words: Manas county, cotton, technical efficiency of cotton production, DEA-Tobit model