Document Type : Articles
Authors
1 Agriculture College, Al-Muthanna University, Al-Muthanna, Iraq
2 Direct. Of Agriculture Inprov. of Wast, Iraq.
Abstract
The poultry sector is witnessing an increase in the costs of production elements that enter into the production process, which reflects negatively on the profits of workers in this important and vital sector. Therefore, it requires the use of these elements with high technical efficiency and their allocation in a way that achieves economic efficiency. This can be achieved by attaining both technical efficiency and allocative efficiency, and from here came the goal. The research included studying the technical, allocative and economic efficiency of broiler chicken breeding projects using the data envelope method based on cross-sectional data, which is one of the most accurate and appropriate quantitative methods as compared to other traditional methods and methods used in measuring production and economic efficiency. These methods requires providing data on the quantity of production elements and the quantity of production, as well as Price information. Measuring efficiency contributes to determining the optimal amount of economic resources and thus neutralizing the amount of waste and deficit in their use. In addition to showing the waste in the amount of available production elements and showing the extent of broiler chicken owners’ keenness to approach breeding projects or move away from the optimal or marginal production available and renew the percentage available to improve it. This study included 58 projects for raising broiler chickens in Karbala Governorate for the year 2022, and data was obtained from these projects through farm records for those projects. The results showed that the projects achieved a percentage of technical efficiency of 0.92 and 0.88 according to the returns on variable and fixed capabilities, respectively, and the projects formed which achieved full efficiency ratios of 1.7 and 8.6, while capacity efficiency reached 0.96 and 88% of projects were subject to ratios of 1.7 and 8.6 increased energy yield as for the allocative efficiency, it was 0.91, while the economic efficiency was 0.76. The waste in using fodder was calculated at about 300 grams per bird. The waste in using workers per field was 2 workers, and the waste in using vaccines was about 62 dinars per bird. The waste in using services was ( Water - electricity - gas - fuel (about 154 dinars per bird. The researcher recommended the need to reduce waste in production elements and use them in a way that achieves economic efficiency, which includes both technical and allocative efficiency, as well as supporting breeding projects by supporting feed, medicines and vaccines to reduce costs and the need for Veterinarians and agricultural engineers to supervise the breeding fields.
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