Title :
Technical Efficiency in Small Irrigation Project Management: An Empirical Analysis from Xinjiang Province in China
Author :
Zhang Ning ; Dong Hongji
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Manage., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou
Abstract :
Based on the investigation data from 29 villages in Xinjiang of China, stochastic frontier production function is used to estimate the technical efficiency in small irrigation project management, and linear inefficient regression models are applied to explain the factors influencing the technical efficiency. The results showed that the technical efficiency in small irrigation project management in the province have yet to be improved to a large extent. The level of the technical efficiency differs in different economic & geographic regions as well as adopting different management modes. Increasing non-collective property, establishing water charge system and improving farmer´s participation could contribute to improving the efficiency.
Keywords :
irrigation; microeconomics; project management; regression analysis; stochastic processes; China; Xinjiang province; economic regions; geographic regions; linear inefficient regression models; small irrigation project management; stochastic frontier production function; water charge system; Agriculture; Design methodology; Disaster management; Government; Investments; Irrigation; Production; Project management; Stochastic processes; Water resources;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, 2007. WiCom 2007. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1311-9
DOI :
10.1109/WICOM.2007.1263
