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Dairy productivity in the Waikato region, 1994-2007
Cameron, Michael P.; Bell, Kendon - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2010
The dairy industry is a major contributor to both the New Zealand economy as a whole and to the Waikato regional economy in particular. The industry is experiencing a period of considerable change, with increases in dairy conversion, increased intensification, and increasing use of nitrogen...
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Efficiency effects of access to information on small-scale agriculture : empirical evidence from Uganda using stochastic frontier and IRT models
Abdul-Salam, Yakubu; Phimister, Euan - In: Journal of agricultural economics 68 (2017) 2, pp. 494-517
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China-U.S. Potential Non-food Ethanol Exportation
Yeboah, Osei-Agyeman; Ofori-Boadu, Victor; Li, Tongzhe - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2010
compare the efficiency of ethanol production in China and Brazil. To estimate the extent output can be proportionally expanded …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008922471
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Using Data Envelopment Analysis to Measure International Agricultural Efficiency and Productivity
Arnade, Carlos Anthony - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1994
productivity but also to divide productivity measures into indices that measure technical efficiency and technical change …. Technical efficiency measures the efficiency with which resources are used. Technical change measures changes in output arising … from improved technology. In this report, relative efficiency measures and multifactor productivity measures are calculated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011105618
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Productivity and Efficiency of Small Scale Agriculture in Ethiopia
Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework; Dorfman, Jeffrey H.; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2013
determining farmers' efficiency in Ethiopia are having access to the public extension system, participation in off-farm activities …. Annual technical change between 1999 and 2004 is about one percent while annual efficiency change during the same period is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880674
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Learning and Synergy in Social Networks: Productivity Impacts of Informal Labor Sharing Arrangements
Mekonnen, Dawit; Dorfman, Jeffrey - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
We study the effects of informal labor sharing arrangements and other social interactions on farmers' productivity in a developing country context, testing whether these types of social and work interactions lead to productivity gains through learning, synergy, or both. Using a rich panel data...
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Productivity and Environmental Performance in Marketing Cooperatives: Incentive Schemes on the Horticultural Sector
Galdeano-Gomez, Emilio; Cespedes-Lorente, Jose; … - 2006
ometrically. The estimates obtained show a relevant increase in the efficiency component for the period under study and a …
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Measuring Regional Productivity Differences in the Australian Wool Industry: A Metafrontier Approach
Villano, Renato A.; Fleming, Euan M.; Fleming, Pauline - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2008
. Variation in technical efficiency seems to depend on the harshness of the production environment and whether consultancy advice …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005500670
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PRODUCTIVITY AND EFFICIENCY IN THE U.S. FOOD SYSTEM, OR, MIGHT COST FACTORS SUPPORT INCREASING MERGERS AND CONCENTRATION?
Morrison Paul, Catherine J. - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 2000
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005468664
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Efficiency and Productivity in the Spanish Food Distribution Sector
Palomares, Rafaela Dios - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2002
This study investigated the efficiency and productivity change of a sample of food distribution units (MERCAs) in Spain … over the 1.997-1.999 period, applying non-parametric frontier methodology in a sales efficiency framework. We specified a … applied output oriented DEA methodology to perform the efficiency analysis, also taking into account the overall efficiency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005330852