Resumen de Technical Efficiency of Organic Tea Growers of Assam, India: A study in Dibrugarh District
Manuranjan Gogoi, Pranjal Protim Buragohain, Purabi Gogoi
Organic tea cultivation is a most emerging farming activity in recent years. Assam is only the state of India, where the highest tea is produced. Organic tea farming is a new concept for the state Assam. The study focuses on to estimate the technical efficiency level of organic tea growers. The Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) is used to estimate the efficiency level of the growers by conducting a survey in Dibrugarh district of Assam, where the highest organic tea growers are concentrated. The study found- Mean technical efficiency of organic tea growers is 0.91. The variables organic fertilizer, organic pesticide, manure, machine and land area under tea cultivation are found statistically significant. On the other hand the variable labour man days found insignificant result with output.
