Agricultural Production Efficiency of Bethma Cultivation in Mahaweli System H

Abstract

This study attempts to examine the agricultural productivity and efficiency of owner cultivators and sharecroppers, under Bethma cultivation in two Irrigation Units in the Madatugama block of the Mahaweli System H area. A stochastic frontier production function analysis significant differences between productivity and technical effciency among these types of cultivators during Yala 2004. One of the key reasons for such a result is the lack of Land. Stronger farmer organizations were more likely to be efficient in productivity and technical effiency than weaker ones. This suggests the need for strengthening the farmer organizations to increase agricultural production efficiency under the Bethma system.