classic economic notion of structural efficiency. We here argue that it is crucial for policy analysis to be able to quantify …

uniqueness of agriculture in the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship consists in a relatively high share of perfectly functioning …

This paper seeks to explain the U-shaped relationship between farm productivity and farm scale - the initial fall in … productivity as farm size increases from its lowest levels and the continuous upward trajectory as scale increases after a …

The paper investigates the impact of subsidies and of para-agriculture on the technical efficiency of organic farms in … results show almost no efficiency differences among the farms in the three countries. Para-agriculture shows a strong impact … 2005. Technical efficiency is modelled using a stochastic distance-frontier model combined with a Metafrontier-model. The …

Productivity varies greatly among farmers and the source of that variation is not fully understood. Using a unique …

understood, though evidence is sorely needed given the economic importance of agriculture in Brazil and many other forest …-rich countries. We construct a ten-year panel dataset for agriculture and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon (2004-2014), and use …-deforestation strategies, the priority list (Municípios Prioritários), on agricultural production and productivity in three sectors: beef …