the mean profit efficiency for young males is 0.53, and 0.61 while for young females are 0.59, and 0.69 respectively. The … result found a significant difference (.001; .002) in the profit efficiency among young males and females rice and maize …

farming structures. Firstly, assessment is made on the comparative efficiency, complementarily, and sustainability of major … efficiency of dominant governing forms on the eve of EU accession, and assesses the likely impact of CAP implementation on …

' technical efficiency. We utilize propensity score matching to compare the average difference in technical efficiency between … significantly contribute to members' technical efficiency. These results are found to be insensitive to hidden bias and consistent … with the idea that agricultural cooperatives enhance members' efficiency by easing access to productive inputs and …

The article presents technical efficiency of the use of production resources for the research sample of the Polish FADN … production type on the efficiency was examined. In all cases, non-linear relationships were found, and the technical efficiency … production orientation on technical efficiency without taking into account the diversity of groups in terms of the size of …

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 …

This Discussion Paper has been occupied with the analysis of the technical and scale efficiency of Russian farms during … methodical instrument has been chosen an input-oriented model of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) for efficiency measurement as … DEA model calculations show an improvement in average efficiency from 1993 to 2000. In consideration of the performance …

This paper analyzes efficiency and total factor productivity (TFP) change of large agricultural enterprises during … their transition to a market economy in Ukraine. In this case the efficiency is calculated by data envelopment analysis and … technical efficiency, which is found to be remarkably significant. At the same time there is a high variation among individual …

The Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is a relatively new method to measure Technical Efficiency (TE). TE of a Decision …). Efficiency comparison become more complicated when market values of the Inputs and Outputs are not available and the figures are … efficiency analysis is especially important for the enterprises in the transformation process. In DEA the Linear Programming (LP …

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 …