Authors : Turan Binici, Vecdi Demircan, Hasan Yilmaz, Mevlut Gul and Tufan Bal
Abstract: This study finds that a sample of 75 laying hens farmers located in Afyon Province, Turkey, exhibit inputs allocation and utilization are not efficient. Efficiency ranges from 45-97% with the average being 94%. The 97% of the variation in egg production among the sampled farmers is due to differences in their production efficiency. The returns to scale of the poultry egg production is found to be positive and more than unity implying that inputs allocation and utilization are not efficient. Three statistically significant factors associated with the variation in production efficiency are identified: feding, drug and veterinary service and electricity inputs.
Turan Binici, Vecdi Demircan, Hasan Yilmaz, Mevlut Gul and Tufan Bal, 2013. Assessing Production Efficiency of Laying Hens Farms in Afyon Province, Turkey. Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances, 12: 1473-1477.