A multi-criteria assessment of relative farming efficiency in the European Union Member States

Abstract

The assessment of economic sector efficiency is of high importance when making strategic decisions at any management level. This study, hence, is aimed at proposing a new framework for multi-criteria assessment and comparison of farming efficiency. In order to achieve this aim, statistical analysis, the multi-criteria decision-making method MULTI-MOORA, and data envelopment analysis were employed. Farming efficiency was evaluated across the EU Member States on the basis of data from the Farm Accountancy Data Network. The proposed indicator system covers the three ratios, which virtually describe the other six input or output indicators. The EU Member States were ranked according to the indicator system by the MULTIMOORA method. The application of DEA enabled to identify the main factors of inefficiency. Attention was focused on the three Baltic States and Poland. The analysis suggests that farming efficiency in these states is below the EU average. More specifically, land productivity should be increased in the Baltic States. Moreover, the increased crop output would enable to achieve the efficiency frontier. The future challenges for the agricultural development of the Baltic States are discussed in the paper.

A Survey on Development and Applications of the Multi-criteria Decision Making Method MULTIMOORA

“…Baležentis and Baležentis (, ) combined DEA and MULTIMOORA to measure efficiency of agricultural sector and transport sector. The respective input and output sets were analysed by both DEA and MULTIMOORA.…”

Borsa İstanbul'da Pandemi Dönemindeki Uzun Vadeli İHA Performansına İlişkin Karşılaştırmalı Bir ÇKKA Uygulaması

“…In an analysis on project management, the MOORA method was used and the MULTIMOORA method was explained over this method (Brauers and Zavadskas, 2010). The MOORA method has been used in many studies such as measuring and comparing productivity in the agricultural sector (Balezentis and Balezentis, 2011b), port selection (Brauers, 2013) and road design (Brauers et al, 2008).…”

An Efficient and Simple Multiple Criteria Model for a Grinding Circuit Selection Based on MOORA Method

“…Later, Brauers and Zavadskas (2010) further developed this method under the name MULTIMOORA (MOORA plus the full multiplicative form). These methods have been applied in numerous studies (Brauers and Zavadskas, 2012, 2010, 2008Ginevicius, 2009, 2010;Balezentis and Balezentis, 2011b, 2011c, 2011dBaležentis et al, 2011a;Balezentis, 2011;Chakraborty, 2010;Kracka et al, 2010) for solving a wide range of different problems in the field of economy, management, construction, regional development, sustainability, estimation of farming efficiency, personnel selection, and so on.…”