Technical And Economic Efficiency in Native Potato Production In The Apurimac Region, Perú

Abstract

The objective of this work was to evaluate the technical and economic efficiency in the production of native potato (Solanum tuberosum L) in the Kishuara district, Andahuaylas province, Apurímac region in the 2018-2019 agricultural campaign. At the theoretical level, while technical efficiency is aimed at achieving the maximum possible production with the available resources, and economic efficiency is aimed at minimizing input costs. At the same time, the hypothesis was that technical and economic efficiency are positively and significantly related to native potato production in the Kishuara district, Andahuaylas Province, Apurímac Region 2018 - 2019. At the methodological level, it is non-experimental, cross-sectional and econometric. Regarding the results, it was determined that technical and economic efficiency are positively and significantly related to native potato production in Apurimac. At the same time, it was found that producers are significantly using increasing returns to scale (1.27), in this sense the results show that by doubling production factors such as seed, wages and tractor, native potato production goes to more than double.