Study On Allocation Efficiency Of Resources In National Agricultural Research Institutes

It’s well known that science and technology has a significant role in agricultural development, whileit is crucial to improve the allocation efficiency of agricultural scientific resources. Since centralagricultural research institutions own a key status in agricultural research, it is meaningful to study theirefficiency and related influencial factors. Based on related theories and research, this essay consideredthe data of31institutes in Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences(CAAS) between2004and2011.Firstly, we analyzed the conditions of several inputs and output, used two models of Data EnvelopmentAnalys is(DEA) to study the allocation efficiency of resources in CAAS. Then, based on the results ofDEA models, considering14kinds of factors, applying Tobit model, we studied the influential factorsof allocation efficiency. The conclusions are as follows:The numbers of staff, funds, scientific outputs, fixed assets and projects in CAAS in the last eightyears had increased fast. What was more, the scale of research staff in personnel had become larger andmore funds had been used to do scientific research.As the BCC model results show, in the eight years, the technical efficiency of more than half ofinstitutes in CAAS was not optimal, and the returns to scale were decreasing or constant. Moreover, thetechnical efficiency of institutes in Beijing was better than that of institutes outside Beijing. And amongthe three kinds of institutes, the order of technical efficiency and Total factor productivity change(Tfpch)was agricultural public institution, non-profit scientific research institutions and scientific enterprises.According to the results of Malmquist research, the Tfpch firstly decreased, then increased in theeight years under the both influences of efficiency change(Effch) and technology change(Techch), butabout a half of institutes experienced a total decrease in Tfpch. At the same time, the positive influenceof Techch was very significant, while the Effch was decreasing.According to the results of Tobit model, the structure of staff, scale and structure of human fundsinputs, governmental inputs, quality of essays, quantity and structure of projects all had significantpositive effects on the allocation efficiency of institutes. The overall economic development scale ofprovinces where the institutes located had no significant impacts on the efficiency, while the opening uplevel and the scale of agricultural output value in all GDP had positive influences. Besides, the factor ofscientific institution reform had significant impacts, and the agricultural public institutes had betterefficiency while the scientific enterprises had decreased efficiencyRelated suggestions: continue to increase the inputs of central agricultural institutes, especially thegovernmental funds inputs, increase the scale of scientific staff and human pays; increase the number ofprojects, promote the advantages in applied and basic research areas; continue to utilize the positiveinfluence of scientific progress; deepen the reform of scientific institutes and play close attention toagricultural public and non-profit institutes.