Research on Promotion and Development of Olive Industries in West Bank for Peace and Prosperity

• Project/Area Number: 26590035
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Economic policy
• Research Institution: University of Tsukuba
• Principal Investigator: KASHIWAGI Kenichi 筑波大学, 人文社会系, 准教授 (00447236)
• Research Collaborator: Ola Awad Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics(PCBS), President ; Haleema Saeed Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics(PCBS), Director General of International Relations ; Samar Awaad Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics(PCBS), Acting Director General of International Relations ; Shadia Abu-Alzain Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics(PCBS), researcher ; UJIIE Kiyokazu 筑波大学, 生命環境系, 准教授 (30401714) ; KAMIYAMA Hajime 筑波大学, ビジネスサイエンス系, 助教 (80626226) ; KITAGAWA Tamaki 筑波大学, 北アフリカ研究センター, 研究員 (50721685)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
• Keywords: 産業発展 / 産業育成 / ミクロ経済分析 / 生産性分析 / 経済政策 / 経済発展

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research investigated the productivity of olive-growing farmers in the West Bank of Palestine. In 2015 and 2016, a survey on olive-growing farmers in Jenin of West Bank West was conducted. Using the collected cross-section data of 2015, the stochastic frontier production function was estimated to find technical efficiency. Results suggested that the increase in years of irrigation and intensive cultivation contribute to improve technical efficiency. Panel data of 2015-2016 was constructed for the efficiency analysis with Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Results suggested that technical efficiency as well as scale inefficiency attributed to the decrease in overall efficiency. Throughout this study, we could make a benchmark on the level of efficiency of olive-growing farms in the West Bank, and partially contributed to identify factors of inefficiency.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Technical Efficiency of Olive-growing Farms in the Northern West Bank of Palestine (2017)
  • Author(s): Kenichi Kashiwagi
  • Journal Title: Sustainable Agriculture Research Volume: 6(2) Issue: 2 Pages: 125-140
  • DOI: 10.5539/sar.v6n2p125
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Productivity Growth and Technological Progress in the Palestinian Economy: Empirical Evidence from the West Bank (2016)
  • Author(s): Kenichi Kashiwagi
  • Journal Title: Advances in Management & Applied Economics Volume: 1 Pages: 69-88
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Productivity Growth and Technological Progress of Olive-growing Farms in the West Bank of Palestine (2016)
  • Author(s): Kenichi Kashiwagi
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of Tunisia-Japan Symposium, Society, Science and Technology (TJASSST 2015) Volume: 印刷中
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Presentation] Productivity and Technical Efficiency of Olive-growing farms in the West Bank of Palestine (2016)
  • Author(s): Kenichi Kashiwagi
  • Organizer: Tunisia-Japan Symposium, Society, Science and Technology (TJASSST 2015)
  • Place of Presentation: エポカルつくば（茨城県つくば市）
  • Year and Date: 2016-02-23
  • Int'l Joint Research