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Rabbany MG, Mehmood Y, Hoque F, et al. Do credit constraints affect the technical efficiency of Boro rice growers? Evidence from the District Pabna in Bangladesh. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2021;29(1):444-456doi: 10.1007/s11356-021-15458-1.
Rabbany, M. G., Mehmood, Y., Hoque, F., Sarker, T., Hossain, K. Z., Khan, A. A., Hossain, M. S., Roy, R., & Luo, J. (2022). Do credit constraints affect the technical efficiency of Boro rice growers? Evidence from the District Pabna in Bangladesh. Environmental science and pollution research international, 29(1), 444-456. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-15458-1
Rabbany, Md Ghulam, et al. "Do credit constraints affect the technical efficiency of Boro rice growers? Evidence from the District Pabna in Bangladesh." Environmental science and pollution research international vol. 29,1 (2022): 444-456. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-15458-1
Rabbany MG, Mehmood Y, Hoque F, Sarker T, Hossain KZ, Khan AA, Hossain MS, Roy R, Luo J. Do credit constraints affect the technical efficiency of Boro rice growers? Evidence from the District Pabna in Bangladesh. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2022 Jan;29(1):444-456. doi: 10.1007/s11356-021-15458-1. Epub 2021 Jul 31. PMID: 34333750.
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Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2022 Jan;29(1):444-456. doi: 10.1007/s11356-021-15458-1. Epub 2021 Jul 31.

Do credit constraints affect the technical efficiency of Boro rice growers? Evidence from the District Pabna in Bangladesh.

Environmental science and pollution research international

Md Ghulam Rabbany, Yasir Mehmood, Fazlul Hoque, Tanwne Sarker, Kh Zulfikar Hossain, Arshad Ahmad Khan, Mohammad Shakhawat Hossain, Rana Roy, Jianchao Luo

Affiliations

  1. College of Economics and Management, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China.
  2. Department of Agribusiness and Marketing, Faculty of Agribusiness Management, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, 1207, Bangladesh.
  3. Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, National University of Medical Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
  4. School of Economics and Finance, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 71004, China.
  5. Department of Agricultural Extension and Information System, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, 1207, Bangladesh.
  6. World Vision Bangladesh, BleNGS Project, Jamalpur, 2000, Bangladesh.
  7. Department of Agroforestry and Environmental Science, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet, 3100, Bangladesh.
  8. College of Economics and Management, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China. [email protected].

PMID: 34333750 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-15458-1

Abstract

This study analyzes the effects of credit constraints on technical efficiency of Boro rice growers in the district of Pabna in Bangladesh. Using a simple random sampling technique, the data was collected from 570 Boro rice growers from the Pabna district of Bangladesh. Before conducting a field survey, a theoretical model was designed to identify credit-constrained and non-constrained rice growers. We have analyzed the collected data in two phases: first, we investigated the technical efficiency of Boro rice growers using the stochastic frontier model (SFA); and second, we used an inefficiency effect model to estimate the influence of credit constraints on technical efficiency. Findings indicate that credit-constrained rice growers (CCRG) are 6.7% less technically efficient than credit non-constrained rice growers (CNRG). Findings further indicate that the education level of the household head, family size, certified seed, sowing time, access to extension services, off-farm income, and household savings have significant effects on the technical efficiency of both groups of rice growers. Furthermore, credit size has a significantly positive impact, whereas the interest rate imposed on the principal amount has a significantly negative impact.

© 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.

Keywords: Bangladesh; Credit constraints; Financial institution; Rice growers; Technical efficiency

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