Norhidayu A – OPIEJ https://opiej.mpob.gov.my Oil Palm Industry Economic Journal Thu, 21 Mar 2019 00:55:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Market Potential for Malaysian Palm Oil Exports to Africa https://opiej.mpob.gov.my/market-potential-for-malaysian-palm-oil-exports-to-africa/ Thu, 25 Oct 2018 07:51:30 +0000 https://opiej.mpob.gov.my/?p=435 Read more]]> This study aims to identify the market potential for the Malaysian palm oil exports to Africa based on the Extremely Most and Less Attractive countries. From the list of 49 African countries, the analysis revealed a logical regional ranking of African destination countries in terms of the competitiveness of Malaysian exports of palm oil to every market destination, and the priority that should be given to each market. The Extremely Most Attractive countries are able to increase the intake of Malaysian palm oil and the Malaysian exporters are recommended to focus on these countries by increasing their marketing activities there.

Keywords: Africa, Market potential, Extremely Most Attractive Countries, Less Attractive Countries, Logical Regional Ranking

]]> Total Factor Productivity: How Productive is the Palm Oil Milling Sector in Malaysia? https://opiej.mpob.gov.my/total-factor-productivity-how-productive-is-the-palm-oil-milling-sector-in-malaysia/ Wed, 29 Aug 2018 00:19:46 +0000 https://opiej.mpob.gov.my/?p=383 Read more]]> This study investigates the total factor productivity (TFP) growth for Malaysian palm oil mills over the period 2010 – 2014, using the stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) model. TFP focuses on three components, namely, technical efficiency (TE), technical progress (TP), and scale components (SC). The first step in estimating TFP comprises specification and estimation of SFA, followed by tests for specification of the stochastic production functions. Secondly, it involves the selected specification of a regression model used to predict the TE effects. The empirical results show that productivity growth was driven mainly by TE, followed by TP. However, the change in SC had a small effect on productivity growth. Overall, results of the study suggest that there is an opportunity to improve productivity growth in the palm oil milling sector in Malaysia, for instance, by improving working conditions, upgrading the capacity of the mills, and providing incentives and rewards to the workers

Keywords: total factor productivity, Malaysian palm oil mills, technical progress, technical efficiency, scale components

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