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Norhidayah Che Soh, . and Nur Syahirah Samsuddin, . and Mohd Mansor Ismail, . and Muzafar Shah Habibullah, . Technical efficiency of commercial stingless bee honey production in Peninsular Malaysia. pp. 785-797. ISSN 0128-7702
Abstract
The Stingless beekeeping project a relatively new industry in Malaysia has a huge economic potential because the production of stingless bee honey is low but the demand for this type of honey is slightly higher. This study was developed to measure the technical efficiency of commercial stingless beekeeping farms in Peninsular Malaysia by using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Ninety-two respondents were selected using clustered random sampling and they were personally interviewed using a structured questionnaire. The results showed that the average technical efficiency was at 75 with a minimum of 21 and a maximum of 100. However 25 of the farms were found to be fully efficient. The output slacks were 24.7 revealing that the bee farms produced honey with a shortfall in outputs. Labour hours indicated the highest input slacks which was 457. Mean slack for farm size indicated that the farms should be reduced by 0.58 acre while for the total number of colonies the value of slack indicated that beekeepers should reduce it by one colony. Determinants of inefficiency results indicated that bee flowers and agricultural extension were significant. In conclusion the technical efficiency of commercial stingless bee honey production in Peninsular Malaysia is high but efficiency and inefficiency factors should be of concern to improve the value of technical efficiency.
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Abstract
The Stingless beekeeping project a relatively new industry in Malaysia has a huge economic potential because the production of stingless bee honey is low but the demand for this type of honey is slightly higher. This study was developed to measure the technical efficiency of commercial stingless beekeeping farms in Peninsular Malaysia by using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Ninety-two respondents were selected using clustered random sampling and they were personally interviewed using a structured questionnaire. The results showed that the average technical efficiency was at 75 with a minimum of 21 and a maximum of 100. However 25 of the farms were found to be fully efficient. The output slacks were 24.7 revealing that the bee farms produced honey with a shortfall in outputs. Labour hours indicated the highest input slacks which was 457. Mean slack for farm size indicated that the farms should be reduced by 0.58 acre while for the total number of colonies the value of slack indicated that beekeepers should reduce it by one colony. Determinants of inefficiency results indicated that bee flowers and agricultural extension were significant. In conclusion the technical efficiency of commercial stingless bee honey production in Peninsular Malaysia is high but efficiency and inefficiency factors should be of concern to improve the value of technical efficiency.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| AGROVOC Term: | Honey bees |
| AGROVOC Term: | Commercial farming |
| AGROVOC Term: | Honey production |
| AGROVOC Term: | Farm management |
| AGROVOC Term: | Interviews |
| AGROVOC Term: | Labour efficiency |
| AGROVOC Term: | Farm size |
| AGROVOC Term: | Bee colonies |
| AGROVOC Term: | Nectar |
| AGROVOC Term: | Pollen |
| Depositing User: | Mr. AFANDI ABDUL MALEK |
| Last Modified: | 24 Apr 2025 00:55 |
| URI: | http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/9889 |
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