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Coordinates of efficiency/inefficiency in raising sheep

Chetroiu, Rodica; Iurchevici, Lidia - In: Agrarian economy and rural development : realities and …, (pp. 126-134). 2020

The paper highlights coordinates and aspects of the sheep breeding sector, which can lead to the creation of the framework of efficiency or inefficiency of production activities. The sheep sector is very diverse in terms of farm size, breeds and scale of production. Low average incomes, which...

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How effective are poor schools? : poverty and educational outcomes in South Africa

Berg, Servaas van der (contributor) - 2008

There is a well-known debate about the roles of geography versus institutions in explaining the long-term development of countries. These debates have usually been based on cross-country regressions where questions about parameter heterogeneity, unobserved heterogeneity, and endogeneity cannot...

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The joint impact of improved maize seeds on productivity and efficiency : implications for policy

Abro, Zewdu Ayalew; Debela, Bethelhem Legesse; Kassie, … - 2019

Productivity and efficiency are key performance indicators of improved seeds. Efficiency differences explain part of … the variation in productivity. Improved seeds may affect efficiency because farmers often do not apply inputs at optimum …. Improved seeds therefore not only directly affect productivity but also indirectly through efficiency. If productivity and …

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Zur Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der ostdeutschen Landwirtschaft nach der EU-Osterweiterung

Rothe, Andrea; Lissitsa, Alexej - 2005

Den Schwerpunkt dieses Discussion Papers bildet eine Effizienzanalyse landwirtschaftlicher Unternehmen Sachsen-Anhalts und Tschechiens. Mittels der Data Envelopment Analysis, einer nicht-parametrischen, auf linearer Programmierung basierenden Methode der Effizienzmessung, wurden die technischen,...

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Effects of the European Union Farm Credit Programs on Efficiency and Productivity of the Greek Livestock Sector : A Stochastic DEA Application

Rezitis, Anthony N. - 2009

This study examines technical efficiency and productivity growth of Greek livestock farms participating in the 1994 … approach developed by Simar and Wilson (1998a, b) to bootstrapping both DEA efficiency measures and Malmquist productivity … and Lovell (1997) to investigate the sources of productivity change. The technical efficiency score results indicate that …

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Efficiency, Environmental Contaminants and Farm Size : Testing for Links Using Stochastic Production Frontiers

Hadri, Kaddour; Whittaker, Julie M. - 2004

This paper investigates whether there is any relationship between farm size, technical efficiency and the use of agrochemicals which are potentially environmentally contaminating. These questions are pertinent in the context of current EU policy decisions. Using two models of stochastic frontier...

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Zur Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der ostdeutschen Landwirtschaft nach der EU-Osterweiterung

Rothe, Andrea; Lissitsa, Alexej - Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in … - 2005

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Efficiency in Cut-Flower Production : Differences in the Safari Sunset Industry

Yom Din, Gregory; Slutsky, Alexander; Steinmetz, Yehiel - 2012

The study aimed to examine the differences in efficiency between Israeli safari sunset growers, and to explain sources of these differences. The following data were used: flower price data from the Aalsmeer Flower Auction (the Netherlands), data from a questionnaire completed by growers, and...

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Regional efficiency and total factor productivity change for small and medium sorghum producers in Zambia : a slacks-based measure and Malmquist index approach

Chanda, Obed; Umetsu, Chieko - In: World development sustainability 4 (2024), pp. 1-13

Total Factor Productivity (TFP) change from 2011 to 2022. To study these aspects, we apply non-parametric Data Envelopment … Analysis (DEA) techniques such as the Slacks-Based Measure (SBM), and the Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI), followed by …

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Are young maize and rice farmers' profit efficient? : a gender differential analysis

Fani, Djomo Choumbou Raoul; Ukpe, Udeme Henrietta; … - In: Cogent economics & finance 11 (2023) 2, pp. 1-18

The recent trend of development policy makes emphasis on gender disparity in performance, especially in the agricultural sector whereby women partake and play a crucial role and their contribution to the sector cannot be overemphasized. However, the contention is whether such disparity in...

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