Research Article
Technical Efficiency of Ginger Production in Ilam District of Nepal: A Stochastic Production Frontier Approach
Table 3
Empirical estimates of factors that influence technical inefficiencies.
| Variable | Coefficient | Standard error | z | value |
| Constant term | 0.196 | 0.138 | 1.42 | 0.156 | Gender | 0.012 | 0.031 | 0.41 | 0.683 | Age | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.29 | 0.771 | Education | −0.010 | 0.004 | −2.81 | 0.029 | Family size | 0.008 | 0.029 | 0.29 | 0.771 | Annual income | 7.22e − 08 | 9.99e − 08 | 0.72 | 0.470 | Member of farmer’s group | −0.004 | 0.041 | −0.10 | 0.920 | Member of cooperatives | −0.063 | 0.034 | −1.83 | 0.067 | Training received | −0.085 | 0.029 | −2.94 | 0.003 | Subsidy on seed | −0.018 | 0.026 | −0.70 | 0.485 | Area under ginger production | 0.049 | 0.009 | 5.08 | ≤0.001 |
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, , and indicate statistical significance at 1%, 5%, and 10% probability level, respectively. |