Nonparametric Efficiency Analysis for Coffee Farms in Puerto Rico

Coffee production in Puerto Rico is labor intensive since harvest is done by hand for quality and topography conditions. Färe's nonparametric approach was used to estimate technical, allocative, scale and overall efficiency measures for coffee farms in Puerto Rico during the 2000 to 2004 period. On average Puerto Rico coffee farms were 46% technically efficient, 79% scale efficient, and 74% allocatively efficient.

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Year of publication:	2008
Authors:	Gregory, Alexandra ; Featherstone, Allen M.
Institutions:	Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA
Subject:	coffee production \| nonparametric efficiency \| Crop Production/Industries \| Research Methods/ Statistical Methods

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	2008 Annual Meeting, February 2-6, 2008, Dallas, Texas.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series 2008 Annual Meeting, February 2-6, 2008, Dallas, Texas Number 6765
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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