This paper investigates the differences in technical efficiency and productivity change, and the technology gaps …) approach under each country’s respective frontier and under a metafrontier. Results reveal that French COP farms were on … two countries for dairy farms. However, metatechnology ratios calculated with the construction of the metafrontier …

Automation has always played a significant role in the productivity and efficiency of agriculture. This paper explores … the role of automation on farms' technical efficiency (TE) in an expanding dairy sector. We use a representative sample of … to farm characteristics, input use, labour efficiency, and TE scores. Larger, more intensive farms produce closer to …