Recently, several studies compared the performance of conventional and organic farms. Most studies concentrated on technical efficiency. In this paper we add to this literature by also comparing the scale efficiency of conventional and organic milk farms in Austria during the period 1997-2002....

Innovation ist der Motor für Wachstum und Beschäftigung. Dies gilt für alle Wirtschaftszweige, einschließlich der Landwirtschaft. Der Wissensstand über das Innovationssystem in der österreichischen Landwirtschaft ist jedoch relativ gering. Um diesen Mangel zu beheben, werden in dieser...

The paper investigates the impact of subsidies and of para-agriculture on the technical efficiency of organic farms in Switzerland, Austria and Southern Germany. The data-set consists of bookkeeping data with 1,704 observations in the years 2003 to 2005. Technical efficiency is modelled using a...