Assessing Efficiency and Value Chain Performance in Rice Production: Insights from Bobonaro Municipality, Timor-Leste | Chapter 3 | Business, Management and Economics: Research Progress Vol. 6

 

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.

 

 

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An Analysis of the Law on the Determination of the President's Veto Right Against the Draft Budget of State Revenue and Expenditure Based on the Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste | Chapter 7 | Modern Perspectives in Language, Literature and Education Vol. 8

 Based on the 2002 Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, the research's title is a study of the legislation establishing the president's veto right against a draught law on state revenue and expenditure. The president's right to veto and disrupt the process runs counter to his constitutional role as a neutral arbiter.

The President of the Republic has veto power over any draught law, including the State Budget in this case, as stated in article 88 paragraph (1) and (2) of the Republic Democratic of Timor-Leste Constitution of 2002. Enforcing this veto right, on the other hand, raises a number of problems, including: First, there are legal issues where there is a gap in the law because the regulation of norms regarding the 30-day period is still not explicitly stated in article 88 paragraph (1) of the Republic Democratic of Timor-Leste Constitution, necessitating the creation of a special regulation governing the President of the Republic's veto. Second, deciding on veto rights may have unfavourable societal implications. Second, deciding on veto rights can have detrimental effects for the community's order of life, raising worries. Is it the President's authority to determine the President's Veto Rights against the APBN Law, in accordance with the mandate of the Republic Democratic of Timor-Leste constitution of 2002, in the form of a republican government? Is Article 88 of the Republic Democratic of Timor-Leste Constitution of 2002 being applied to the President's Veto Rights on the State Budget Bill? It will also use normative legal research approaches, such as normative jurisidist research and other sorts of normative legal research. In the acquisition of legal resources and the study of interpretation and legal construction methods, statutory techniques, conceptual analysis, and historical approaches are used. As a result, determining the President's Veto Rights on the draught bill of the yearly state budget is a prerogative of the President, with which other institutions cannot interfere. Second, under Article 88 of the Republic Democratic of Timor-Leste Constitution of 2002, the President's Veto Rights on the APBN Bill have been determined. Whereas, because his powers are unaffected by other government organisations, On the APBN Bill, the President's Veto Rights are determined by the President's power to reject and ratify National Parliament submissions. The President may request a court review and/or return it to the National Parliament for deliberation. Second, because the President of Republic Democratic of Timor-Leste did not seek input from other institutions in determining a veto over the draught bill of annual state budget, the President's Veto Rights on the APBN Bill were determined in accordance with Article 88 of the 2002 Republic Democratic of Timor-Leste Constitution. The president's veto power is exercised in the form of Absolute Veto or against the entire package of laws when he declares a veto against the APBN Law.

Author (S) Details

Sebastiana da Costa Pereira
Universidade da Paz Dili, Timor-Leste.

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