Tahsis Verimliliğinin ve Operasyonel Kısıtlamaların Belirlenmesi: Nijerya'nın Güneydoğusunda Yağ Palmiyesi Meyvesi İşleme Teknolojileri Üzerine Bir Çalışma

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Bu çalışma, Nijerya'nın güneydoğusundaki hurma yağı işleme teknolojilerinin tahsis verimliliğini ve operasyonel kısıtlamalarını belirlemeyi amaçlamıştır. 464 hurma yağı işleme tesisini seçmek için çok aşamalı örnekleme tekniği kullanılmıştır. Kesitsel kaynaklardan elde edilen birincil veriler kullanılmıştır. Veriler, tanımlayıcı istatistikler ve stokastik üretim sınırı modeli kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Sonuçlar, deneyim yılları, örgün eğitim yılları, işleme tesislerinin geliri ve kredi olanaklarına erişimin, manuel ve mekanize hurma yağı işleme tesislerinin tahsis verimsizliğini etkileyen önemli faktörler olduğunu göstermektedir. Her iki kategori hurma yağı işleme tesisi tarafından elde edilen ortalama tahsis verimliliği sırasıyla 0,744 ve 0,8662'dir. Bu, ortalama olarak manuel ve mekanize teknolojileri kullanan bireysel bir hurma yağı işleme tesisinin sırasıyla yaklaşık %74,4 ve %86,6'lık bir tahsis verimliliği elde ettiği anlamına gelir. Bu nedenle, çalışma alanında geleneksel yöntemleri kullananlar için %25,6 ve geliştirilmiş yöntemleri kullananlar için %14,4'lük bir verimlilik açığı bulunmaktadır. Manuel teknoloji kullanan palmiye yağı işleme tesislerinin karşılaştığı en büyük kısıtlama, 2.62545 özdeğerine sahip olan ve manuel teknoloji kullanan palmiye yağı işleme tesislerinin algısına göre 1. sırada yer alan palmiye yağı meyvelerinin mevsimselliğidir. Mekanize teknoloji kullanan palm yağı işleme tesislerinin karşılaştığı başlıca kısıtlamalar şunlardı: 4.30442 özdeğerine sahip ve 1. sırada yer alan gelişmiş teknoloji ekipmanının yüksek maliyeti. Çalışma, teknoloji kiralama şeması uygulanarak sübvanse edilmiş teknoloji edinimini önermektedir; bu, küçük ölçekli işleme tesislerinin ön sermaye maliyetleri olmadan motorlu pres ve sindiricilere erişmesini sağlar.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Stokastik Üretim Sınırı Modeli
• Ana Bileşen Modeli
• Manuel
• Mekanize
• Teknolojiler
• Nijerya

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Determining Allocative Efficiency and Operational Constraints: A Study of Oil Palm Fruit Processing Technologies in Southeast, Nigeria

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This study determined allocative efficiency and operational constraints: a study of oil palm fruit processing technologies in southeast, Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 464 oil palm fruit processors. Primary data of cross-sectional sources were used. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and stochastic production frontier model. The results show that the years of experience, years of formal education, income of processors, and access to loan facilities were significant factors that influence the allocative inefficiency of manual and mechanized oil palm fruit processing. The mean allocative efficiency obtained by both category of oil palm processors was 0.744 and 0.8662. This implies that on average an individual oil palm processor using manual and mechanized technologies obtained an allocative efficiency of about 74.4% and 86.6% respectively. Therefore, an efficiency gap of 25.6% for those using manual and 14.4% for those using mechanized exist in the study area. The major constraints faced by oil palm fruits processors using manual technology was seasonality of oil palm fruits which had an Eigen value of 2.62545, and it was ranked 1st based on the perception of the oil palm fruits processors using manual technology. The major constraints faced by oil palm fruits processors using mechanized technology were: high cost of improved technology equipment with an Eigen value of 4.30442 and ranked 1st. The study recommends subsidized technology acquisition, by implementing a technology leasing scheme, this allows the smallholder processors to access motorized pressers and digesters without the upfront capital costs.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Stochastic production frontier model
• Principal component model
• Manual
• Mechanized
• Technologies
• Nigeria

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This research received no external funding.

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Etik Beyan

This study does not involve human or animal participants. All procedures followed scientific and ethical principles, and all referenced studies are appropriately cited.

Teşekkür

The authors do not wish to acknowledge any individual or institution.

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