The objective of this article is to evaluate the efficiency and
performance of the rice production value chain in Bobonaro Municipality,
Timor-Leste. Agriculture plays a key role in Timor-Leste's development and
social progress by occupying and sustaining the majority of the population. The
domestic production of rice is totally destined for domestic consumption; it is
insufficient to guarantee the supply of the basic food needs of the population,
either for reasons associated with production reductions resulting from
climatic adversities or by the constant decrease in productivity, or also by
the increase in the population. The method used is the mixing method
(quantitative and Qualitative) and primary data was sourced from 200 rice
producers in one municipality, namely Bobonaro. The Data Envelopment + Analysis (DEA), Tobit, and Regression were estimated. The results showed that the
production scale presented increasing returns of about 96%. Only 3% of the
sample surveyed showed an efficient scale, and about 1% presented a production
scale with decreasing returns. A comparison of the six most efficient and six
least efficient rice producers in Bobonaro, focusing on the output of the rice
agri-food value chain. The results of multiple linear regression analyses show
that the model has a degree of adjustment of 60,63%, and the model is
statistically significant. The estimated coefficients are statistically
significant for land, seed, capital, and IR8 variety. There are many factors
that influence the decision-making of producers when selling their rice
products. Rice distribution chains operate through various channels, including
traders, companies, wholesalers, retailers, and agents. A significant portion
of value seekers prefer to buy in traditional and modern stores, suggesting an
opportunity for value chain participants to redirect their efforts to meet
modern retail standards. The actors in the value chain, especially producers,
need a good policy from the government of Bobonaro municipality to improve the quality
attributes of their rice fields, aligning their practices to the specific needs
of consumers.
Author (s) Details
Cristóvao Reis
Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, Timor,
Lorosa'e National University, Dili,
East Timor.
Longuinhos Santos
Department of Tourism, Faculty of Economics and Management, Timor, Lorosa'e
National University, Dili, East Timor.
Domingos Soares
Department of Management, Faculty of Economics and Management, Timor
Lorosa’e, National University, Dili, Timor-Leste.
Agostinho Coelho
Department of Accounting, Faculty of Economics and Management, Timor
Lorosa'e National University, Dili,
Timor-Leste.
Francisco Assis Lima
Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, Timor,
Lorosa'e National University,Dili, East Timor.
Please see the book here:- https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/bmerp/v6/2537
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