TY - JOUR
T1 - Does sending farmers back to school increase technical efficiency of maize production? Impact assessment of a farmer field school programme in Indonesia
AU - Haryanto, Tri
AU - Wardana, Wahyu Wisnu
AU - Basconcillo, Julie Ann Q.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - A farmer field school programme aims to impart knowledge and promote new technology. The programme is expected to enhance farmers’ performances. However, the empirical evidence remains unclear. A few studies have examined the impact of this programme on technical efficiency in Indonesia. The current study specifically investigates the causal impact of the Farmer Field School of Integrated Crop Management (FFS-ICM) programme on technical efficiency of maize production in Indonesia. We used a stochastic production frontier model and propensity score matching (PSM) to examine the causal impact of FFS-ICM on the technical efficiency of maize production. The results show that the average farm technical efficiency is 68.3%, which suggests that the production can be further improved. The PSM estimation indicates that FFS-ICM increased the technical efficiency by 1.48%, demonstrating the importance of agricultural extension programmes in rural areas in Indonesia. Nevertheless, the relatively small estimated impact raises the issue of cost effectiveness of the programme.
AB - A farmer field school programme aims to impart knowledge and promote new technology. The programme is expected to enhance farmers’ performances. However, the empirical evidence remains unclear. A few studies have examined the impact of this programme on technical efficiency in Indonesia. The current study specifically investigates the causal impact of the Farmer Field School of Integrated Crop Management (FFS-ICM) programme on technical efficiency of maize production in Indonesia. We used a stochastic production frontier model and propensity score matching (PSM) to examine the causal impact of FFS-ICM on the technical efficiency of maize production. The results show that the average farm technical efficiency is 68.3%, which suggests that the production can be further improved. The PSM estimation indicates that FFS-ICM increased the technical efficiency by 1.48%, demonstrating the importance of agricultural extension programmes in rural areas in Indonesia. Nevertheless, the relatively small estimated impact raises the issue of cost effectiveness of the programme.
KW - Impact evaluation
KW - O13
KW - O33
KW - Q16
KW - Q18
KW - SL-PTT
KW - agricultural development
KW - propensity score matching
KW - stochastic production frontier
KW - technical efficiency
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85163146740&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/1331677X.2023.2218469
DO - 10.1080/1331677X.2023.2218469
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85163146740
SN - 1331-677X
VL - 36
JO - Economic Research-Ekonomska Istrazivanja
JF - Economic Research-Ekonomska Istrazivanja
IS - 3
M1 - 2218469
ER -