Impact of productivity and technical efficiency of basic grains in Nicaragua, 1961 - 2013

Authors

  • Alvaro Santiago López-González "Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua, Managua"
  • Carlos Alberto Zúniga-González Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua, León. Escuela de Ciencias Agrarias y Veterinarias. Departamento de Agroecología. Centro de Investigación en ciencias agrarias y economía Aplicada.
  • Raúl Alberto Rangel-Cura Instituto de Geografía Tropical, Cuba.
  • Rafaela Dios-Palamares Universidad de Córdoba. EFIUCO.
  • Adelfa Patricia Colón-García Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras. CURLA
  • Olman José Quirós-Madrigal Universidad de Costa Rica. CIEDA.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5377/ribcc.v2i1.5682

Keywords:

Productivity, Technical efficiency, Technology, Scale Efficiency, Pure efficiency

Abstract

The present study focused on measuring the impact of the technologies implemented to the production of basic grains in Nicaragua to improve the total productivity of the factors (PTF), considering the climate variability. The database of the FAO for the items: Rice, corn and beans. The methodology of the indices of
Malmquist, which measures the total productivity of the factors and explains the causes of these in bases to Technology and Technical Efficiency. This in turn is explained by the Efficiency to scale and pure efficiency. The results show a behavior
non-uniform indicator of the PTF indicator for each of the items studied (rice, beans and corn) during the period 1961 - 2013. In addition, it is observed that the evolution of The indicators obtained are explained from the indicators of technological change
(seed) with little incidence of the technical efficiency indicator in such behavior.
The bean crop was the item that showed the greatest evolution in its PTF indicator
with 12%, followed by the cultivation of rice with 11% and the cultivation of corn with 5%.

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Author Biographies

Alvaro Santiago López-González, "Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua, Managua"

Docente investigador, Departamento de Ciencias económicas y empresriales, Facultad Regional Multi disciplinaria, Carazo.

Carlos Alberto Zúniga-González, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua, León. Escuela de Ciencias Agrarias y Veterinarias. Departamento de Agroecología. Centro de Investigación en ciencias agrarias y economía Aplicada.

Docente investigador. Departamento de Agroecología. Centro de Investigación en ciencias agrarias y economía Aplicada.

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Published

2016-01-30

How to Cite

López-González, A. S., Zúniga-González, C. A., Rangel-Cura, R. A., Dios-Palamares, R., Colón-García, A. P., & Quirós-Madrigal, O. J. (2016). Impact of productivity and technical efficiency of basic grains in Nicaragua, 1961 - 2013. Ibero-American JournalL of Bioeconomy and Climate Change E-ISSN 2410-7980, 2(1), 411–436. https://doi.org/10.5377/ribcc.v2i1.5682

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2016)

Section

Research note

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Copyright © 2022 Rev. iberoam. bioecon. climate change Graduate School and UNAN-León, School of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences / Department of Agroecology / Center for Research in Bioeconomy and Climate Change (CIByCC).

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