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

fYear

2007

fDate

21-25 Sept. 2007

Firstpage

5157

Lastpage

5160

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, 2007. WiCom 2007. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1311-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WICOM.2007.1263

Filename

4341038