title: Assessing the total factor productivity of cotton production in Egypt.
abstract: The main objective of this paper is to decompose the productivity growth of Egyptian cotton production. We employ the stochastic frontier approach and decompose the changes in total factor productivity (CTFP) growth into four components: technical progress (TP), changes in scale component (CSC), changes in allocative efficiency (CAE), and changes in technical efficiency (CTE). Considering a situation of scarce statistical information, we propose four alternative empirical models, with the purpose of looking for convergence in the results. The results provide evidence that in this production system total productivity does not increase, which is mainly due to the negative average contributions of CAE and TP. Policy implications are offered in light of the results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Quantitative Economics, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
authors.forename: Xosé A
authors.initials: XA
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural Economics, Cairo University, Gammaa St., Giza, 12613, Egypt.
authors.forename: Yahia H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Elasraag
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture / Q000458:organization & administration*; D032561:Cotton Fiber; D000069599:Crop Production / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004526:Efficiency; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D004534:Egypt; D000067565:Farmers; D006801:Humans; D015233:Models, Statistical; D013269:Stochastic Processes