Efficiency and Distribution
The Case of Tractors in Sawah Land Preparation in West Java, Indonesia∗
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8416726 |
|---|---|
| Authors | I Ketut Nehen (Udayana University), Ian Wills (Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute), I R Wills |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 34-51 |
| Publication date | 1987-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-4918 • E-ISSN: 1472-7234 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00074918712331335251 |
| OpenAlex | W2159886047 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
This paper uses farm management and socioeconomic data collected in the Small Farm Mechanization Prolect conducted by the International Rice Research Institute. Lo? Banos, the Philippines, during 1979 and 1980 to analye costs and benefits of tractor use in West Java. The main conclusion is that tractor land preparation is the optimum technique at market prices It is also optimum at efficiency prices provrded that tractor land preparation increaser yield and each tractor is used to its full capacity. If tractors do not increase yield. manual land preparation is the optimum technique at efficiency pnces When the analysis is conducted using distnbutional weights. animal land preparation is. in general. the optimum technique
Agricultural economics · Agricultural engineering · Agricultural science · Agriculture · Business · Distribution (mathematics) · Economics · Geography · Java · Mechanization · Operations management · Tractor · Yield (engineering) · Agriculture and Rural Development Research · Computer Science · Engineering · Environmental Science · Mathematics
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |