MEASURING THE SUPERIOR EFFICIENCY OF PROTECTED FARMS OPERATING IN ANBAR GOVERNORATE FOR THE SPRING SEASON OF 2020

Abdul Razzaq, S. H.; Al-Enezi, W. H.

doi:10.32649/ajas.2022.176949

	MEASURING THE SUPERIOR EFFICIENCY OF PROTECTED FARMS OPERATING IN ANBAR GOVERNORATE FOR THE SPRING SEASON OF 2020
Anbar Journal of Agricultural Sciences
Article 25, Volume 20, Issue 2, 2022, Pages 516-530 PDF (701.32 K)
Document Type: Research Paper
DOI: 10.32649/ajas.2022.176949
Authors
S. H. Abdul Razzaq; W. H. Al-Enezi
Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, University of Anbar, Ramadi, Iraq
Abstract
This research aims to measure the superior efficiency of protected farms in Anbar Governorate using (Data Envelopment Analysises) for a sample that consisted of 91 farms for the year 2020 for the spring season, as well as clarifying the internal reasons behind achieving superior levels of efficiency. For the indicators of the statistical questionnaire collected from 91 operating protected farms in Anbar Governorate, a set of conclusions were reached, the most important of which are: Low efficiency levels for most of the protected farms due to the waste of resources used for these farms, efficient farms according to the high efficiency index can reduce variable costs A greater percentage than reducing fixed costs, and Fallujah district achieved the highest levels of efficiency and high efficiency, as it averaged efficiency and high efficiency 0.81 and 0.80 respectively, followed by spending his work, and the research reached a set of recommendations, the most important of which are: Provide the necessary environment for it, especially financially, in order to achieve more efficiency in order for its products to compete with the protected farms in neighboring countries, and on the other hand Owners of protected farms in Anbar Governorate are encouraged to reduce the waste in the use of their resources, especially the waste in fixed costs, a large part of which is due to the decrease in the houses on one farm optimum level.
Keywords
Super efficiency; data envelope analysis; economic efficiency

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