Estimation of Technical Efficiency of Wheat Production with Emphasis on Sustainable Agriculture in Urmia County

The agricultural sector is considered as one of the most important sectors of the economy for food security. Resources in the agricultural sector are limited. Therefore, the emphasis is on the efficient use of these resources. Sustainable agriculture is aimed at achieving maximum technical efficiency due to lack of agricultural resources. In this study, technical efficiency of wheat production in Urmia County was estimated using DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) and Randomized Frontier Function (SFA) methods. Data and information was obtained by collecting questionnaires from 105 wheat producers in the county of Urmia in 2018. The results show that average technical efficiency with DEA and SFA method was 75% and 51%, respectively; therefore, without using more inputs and increasing costs, the amount of produced product Increased by 25 and 49 percent. Improving the technical efficiency of producers to achieve sustainable agriculture will be one of the optimal ways to increase production.