through increasing their exposure to markets. An aspect of competitiveness is the gains in economic efficiency. Thus, the … purpose of this paper is to estimate indicators of farm efficiency for the period 1989 to 2008 by farm type and to analyse … what the effect on efficiency of changes in the CAP has been. In terms of the methodology, the information used comes from …

This paper examines allocative and cost efficiency implications of adopting variable-rate fertiliser application using … survey data from Czech wheat farms. Data Envelopment Analysis delivered higher efficiency scores for precision farming (PF … cost efficiency score are less likely to adopt PF technology. Nonadopters switching to PF technology would likely be …

Directive calls for additional nutrient emission abatement measures. Therefore, costs and benefits for possible agricultural …, households and industry were set off against each other and ranked according to their cost-efficiency by the Environmental … Costing Model. Increased dairy cattle efficiency, winter cover crops and increased pig feed efficiency turn out very cost …

production orders. All these measures however imply supplementary costs to the manufacturer. A major additional cost is the price … difference between GM and non-GM raw materials. Other extra costs result from losses in flexibility, a devaluation of the rinsing …

Germany and Holland by participating at futures markets in Amsterdam or Hannover. The relative market and hedging efficiency … of slaughter hog gross margins (income). Relative market efficiency and a significant impact of hedging on income risk … minimizing hedging strategy. …

evaluate the grouping methods in a hedging framework by assessing their ability to reflect relationships consistent with theory …

A theoretical optimal hedging model is developed to determine potential demand from Australian farmers for a hedging … there are still many hurdles to implementing agricultural weather derivative contracts in Australia. The optimal hedging …