ESTIMATING THE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF THE CUCUMBER CROP UNDER DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES: A TRANSLOG STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS

Abstract

The development of the technical efficiency for the growers will increase the quantity of the crop and lead to higher income and food supply and the improvement of living standards. On the other hand, there is no doubt that excessive irrigation in greenhouse cultivation has a significant negative influence on the crop and causes economic and environmental problems. The research used the method of analysis (SFA) and the application of the transposition function to estimate the levels of technical efficiency of the cucumber crop in Iraq for the production season 2021 under different irrigation systems. A questionnaire was designed for this purpose, and 100 samples were taken for farmers who depend on traditional irrigation and 60 for modern irrigation in Diyala Governorate. The results showed that most of the average efficiency using SFA during the production season 2021 were high. Generally ,the results explain that most of the growers in the Diyala governorate were adopting traditional irrigation as a result of poor financial capabilities. On the other hand, the results showed that farmers who adopted modern irrigation have achieved excellent production levels and are in continuous development.

Keywords

• cucumber
• technical water efficency
• efficiency
• stochastic frontier