Labour and weather related risks in smallholder rubber production: evidence from Kalutara district

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dc.contributor.author Waduge, T.D.
dc.contributor.author Edirisnghe, J.C.
dc.contributor.author Fernando, A.P.S.
dc.contributor.author Herath, H.M.L.K.
dc.contributor.author Jayasinghe-Mudalige, U.K.
dc.date.accessioned 2025-07-01T08:21:23Z
dc.date.available 2025-07-01T08:21:23Z
dc.date.issued 2014-03-12
dc.identifier.citation Waduge, T.D., Edirisnghe, J.C., Fernando, A.P.S., Herath, H.M.L.K., Jayasinghe-Mudalige, U.K. (2013). Labour and weather related risks in smallholder rubber production: evidence from Kalutara district. International Journal of Tropical Agricultural Research & Extension, 16(3), 88-92. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1391-3646
dc.identifier.uri http://ir.lib.ruh.ac.lk/handle/iruor/19660
dc.description.abstract It was observed that even in the times of higher prices some smallholder rubber producers remain poor. The reason for this variation in income is thought to be risks associated with rubber production. Therefore, this study investigated the risks related to labour and weather taking a sample of 500 smallholder farmers from the Kalutara district. A Just and Pope stochastic production function is estimated using a three step Feasible Generalized Least Square (FGLS) technique. The estimated variance equation reveals that rainfall and labour usage are risk increasing while price is risk reducing. Weather (rainfall) is typically believed to be the primary source of loss in potential income. Although, results show that this is true based on the sign of expected coefficients, they failed to show statistical significance. However, variability of labour and rubber price showed statistical significance. It is therefore envisaged that availability of farm labour is a key issue in production risk, which is not given due consideration in policy en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries TARE;2013
dc.subject Weather en_US
dc.subject Just and Pope Production Function en_US
dc.subject Risk en_US
dc.subject Feasible Generalized Least Squares en_US
dc.title Labour and weather related risks in smallholder rubber production: evidence from Kalutara district en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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