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Abstract Gunden, C., T. Thomas, B. Miran and O. Yeboah. 2011. Environmental implications of economic efficiency in cotton production: a case study from Turkey. JEMREST 7:42-49 DOI:
10.4029/2011jemrest7no004 Sustainable
cotton production is inextricably linked to the efficient use of resources.
Suboptimum use of resources incurs opportunity costs and can exacerbate
damaging externalities. In the Torbali region of
Izmir, Turkey, overexploitation of ground water for irrigation and high fuel
oil consumption for tractor operation affect cotton farms’ economic viability
and the sustainability of cotton production in the region. Improving efficiency
of resource use will improve enterprise viability, reduce harmful
externalities and conserve ecological capital. This study explores technical,
allocative and economic efficiency levels of cotton
farms in the Torbali region of Izmir, Turkey by
using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The mean technical, allocative and economic efficiencies were measured to be
0.870, 0.880 and 0.766 respectively. These results exposed the existence of
inefficiencies in cotton production in Tarbali. Data
on economic efficiency indicated that the farms could potentially decrease
their cost of cotton production by 23.4% on average and still grow the same amount
of cotton. |
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