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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2014, Vol. 50 ›› Issue (10): 106-112.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.20141015

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Effects of Forestland Fragmentation on Technical Efficiency of Farmers' Forestry Production: A Case Study on the Bamboo Production in Longyou, Zhejiang

Xu Xiuying1,2, Li Lanying1,2, Li Xiaoge1, Li Chaozhu3   

  1. 1. School of Economics and Management, Zhejiang A & F University Lin'an 311300;
    2. Farmers Development Research Center of Zhejiang(Key Research Base of Philosophy and Social Science of Zhejiang) Lin'an 311300;
    3. Tianmu College, Zhejiang A & F University Zhuji 311800
  • Received:2013-12-20 Revised:2014-04-18 Online:2014-10-25 Published:2014-11-12

Abstract:

The technical efficiency of forestry production plays a crucial role in the forestry production development. This study was based on the bamboo production data in Longyou county, Zhejiang province, and analyzed the forestland fragmentation impact on the bamboo production technical efficiency with the stochastic frontier production function model of translog form. The results showed that the error of stochastic frontier production function was mainly caused by technical inefficiency. The output elasticity of labor, capital, and bamboo area were 0.204 75, 0.271 36, 0.119 37;Currently the farmers' bamboo production efficiency is low, only 37.04%, and therefore has large room to improve; Effects of the bamboo land fragmentation on the bamboo production technical efficiency was not very significant, but site quality of bamboo plots, and farmers attending in bamboo production training had a significant effect on bamboo production technical efficiency. Based on this study, suggestions, such as to strengthen the capital input and labor input, and continuously improve the bamboo forest site quality, strengthen technical training for farmers' bamboo production, are put forward.

Key words: Stochastic frontier production function, forestland fragmentation, forest production technical efficiency

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