Technical efficiency of beef cattle farms in Peninsular Malaysia

Beef cattle farming is a challenging business to operate locally because of its low performance. Different price of beef product around Peninsular Malaysia happens due to the various condition of beef sources in each state in Peninsular Malaysia. This research aims to investigate the technical effic...

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Main Authors: Mohd Radzil, Razida Hanem, Hamzah, Hanny Zurina, Ahmad Sidique, Shaufique Fahmi, Samsudin, Anjas Asmara@Ab. Hadi
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Published: Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2023
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/108698/
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author Mohd Radzil, Razida Hanem
Hamzah, Hanny Zurina
Ahmad Sidique, Shaufique Fahmi
Samsudin, Anjas Asmara@Ab. Hadi
author_facet Mohd Radzil, Razida Hanem
Hamzah, Hanny Zurina
Ahmad Sidique, Shaufique Fahmi
Samsudin, Anjas Asmara@Ab. Hadi
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description Beef cattle farming is a challenging business to operate locally because of its low performance. Different price of beef product around Peninsular Malaysia happens due to the various condition of beef sources in each state in Peninsular Malaysia. This research aims to investigate the technical efficiency of beef cattle farms and its determinants. Farm-level data from 334 beef cattle producers collected from August 2020 to February 2021 were analysed by Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) for technical efficiency scoring and the determinants discovered by using Tobit Model regression. The results show only 28.78 per cent of the farms operates at a total score of 1.00 while 33.54 per cent of the farms score less than 0.50 in technical efficiency. Technically efficient farms depend on experiences, corporate networking, education, household income and natural breeding technique. The findings help the industry to upgrade the operation standard of the farm in Malaysia by promoting the usage of Artificial Insemination techniques for beef cattle breeding intensively and comprehensively, with the involvement of corporates body to invest in the industry as one of the gestures for supporting the food security agenda of the country. Besides, educated youth might be interested in joining this industry if training incentives are provided, tax reductions for agro-food producers and strong support groups with authority.
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spelling upm-1086982024-09-26T07:04:54Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/108698/ Technical efficiency of beef cattle farms in Peninsular Malaysia Mohd Radzil, Razida Hanem Hamzah, Hanny Zurina Ahmad Sidique, Shaufique Fahmi Samsudin, Anjas Asmara@Ab. Hadi Beef cattle farming is a challenging business to operate locally because of its low performance. Different price of beef product around Peninsular Malaysia happens due to the various condition of beef sources in each state in Peninsular Malaysia. This research aims to investigate the technical efficiency of beef cattle farms and its determinants. Farm-level data from 334 beef cattle producers collected from August 2020 to February 2021 were analysed by Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) for technical efficiency scoring and the determinants discovered by using Tobit Model regression. The results show only 28.78 per cent of the farms operates at a total score of 1.00 while 33.54 per cent of the farms score less than 0.50 in technical efficiency. Technically efficient farms depend on experiences, corporate networking, education, household income and natural breeding technique. The findings help the industry to upgrade the operation standard of the farm in Malaysia by promoting the usage of Artificial Insemination techniques for beef cattle breeding intensively and comprehensively, with the involvement of corporates body to invest in the industry as one of the gestures for supporting the food security agenda of the country. Besides, educated youth might be interested in joining this industry if training incentives are provided, tax reductions for agro-food producers and strong support groups with authority. Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2023-07-17 Article PeerReviewed Mohd Radzil, Razida Hanem and Hamzah, Hanny Zurina and Ahmad Sidique, Shaufique Fahmi and Samsudin, Anjas Asmara@Ab. Hadi (2023) Technical efficiency of beef cattle farms in Peninsular Malaysia. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 13 (7). 1065 - 1090. ISSN 2222-6990 https://hrmars.com/index.php/IJARBSS/article/view/17545/Technical-Efficiency-of-Beef-Cattle-Farms-in-Peninsular-Malaysia 10.6007/ijarbss/v13-i7/17545
spellingShingle Mohd Radzil, Razida Hanem
Hamzah, Hanny Zurina
Ahmad Sidique, Shaufique Fahmi
Samsudin, Anjas Asmara@Ab. Hadi
Technical efficiency of beef cattle farms in Peninsular Malaysia
title Technical efficiency of beef cattle farms in Peninsular Malaysia
title_full Technical efficiency of beef cattle farms in Peninsular Malaysia
title_fullStr Technical efficiency of beef cattle farms in Peninsular Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Technical efficiency of beef cattle farms in Peninsular Malaysia
title_short Technical efficiency of beef cattle farms in Peninsular Malaysia
title_sort technical efficiency of beef cattle farms in peninsular malaysia
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/108698/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/108698/