corresponding technical efficiency measures. Production costs and their participation on the production value are also calculated … main component in the farm's paid costs is the part that corresponds specifically to stock farming. When the opportunity … cost of the farmer's own factors is taken into account, the highest cost becomes labour costs. Finally, the comparison of …

pineapple production reduced the amount and the number of pesticide applications, thus resulting in lower production costs in …

that while production costs were continuously increasing, there was a significant difference between farms depending on …

, organization of production, costs and effects on dairy farms (type 45) of the surveyed countries, depending on the economic size in … 2008-2010. Assessment of production potential, organization of production, costs and effects on farms specializing in …

we use the distance function to decompose multilateral industry costs in a productivity and a price index, in an industry … countries dairy sector total and variable costs, taking as unit of analysis the average, or representative, farm in … variable costs dispersion, due to a tendency to price equalization and to production systems convergence. Been such the facts …

materials are heavy or perishable, transportation costs limit shipping distances and processors must compete locally for raw …