Abstract:
Vegetables have potential significance in terms of their use not only for their food and nutrition
but also for affordable sources of essential vitamins and minerals globally. Cabbage (Brassica
oleracea) is an economically important vegetable crop with the potential to increase the incomes
of the farmers not only in open fields but also in greenhouses in Oman as Cabbage is more
popular among customers throughout Arabian Peninsula countries and valuable with moderate
retail prices than other vegetables. Hence, a survey was undertaken to investigate the technical
efficiency of cabbage-growing farms in the Sultanate of Oman. The research estimated and
examined the technical efficiency of okra-growing farms of different governorates of Oman. A
sample of 89 cabbage-growing farms was selected, adapting the multistage sampling method.
The interview schedules were followed for data collection in 2016 and 2017. The maximum
likelihood method was used, and the Cobb-Douglas stochastic frontier production model was
applied to the data collected. After performing various econometrics of software, the output of
the Frontier 4.1 was found to be a good fit. The results of the investigation indicated that the
mean technical efficiency for cabbage farms in Oman is estimated to be 85%, with a wide range
from as low as 63% to as high as 100%. There exists a considerable possibility of increasing
cabbage output by 15% with the current level of inputs employed by cabbage farmers. Cabbagegrowing farms had enormous scope to improve their efficiency and increase productivity by
following regular extension programs involving farmers in cultivating Cabbage.
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