Farm productivity and efficiency in the CEE applicant countries: a synthesis of results

Gorton, Matthew; Davidova, Sophia

doi:10.1111/j.1574-0862.2004.tb00172.x

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“…This extension has had an impact on agriculture in the new member states, which were characterized by a high share of this sector of economy in the generation of gDP and at the same time, a high employment level as well as a considerable diversity of organizational structures. A review and synthesis of several papers analyzing different factors determining the efficiency of agricultural production in the central and Eastern European countries in the 1990's was presented by gorton and Davidova (2004). Following 2004, agriculture in the new EU member countries faced a new economic situation.…”

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Productivity and efficiency of large and small field crop farms and mixed farms of the old and new EU regions

Błażejczyk-Majka¹,

Kala²,

Maciejewski³

2012

AGR ECON-CZECH

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Abstract:The main aim of the paper is to consider the question whether a higher specialization and a bigger economic size class of farms determine a higher technical efficiency at the same scale for the farms from the new and old countries of the EU. This study is based on the data contained in the Farm Accounting Data network and covers the first four years following the extension of the European Union in 2004. The adopted units comprised average farms representing 80 regions belonging to eleven countries of the EU-15 and four new EU member states. The estimation of technical efficiency was conducted using the data envelopment analysis, separately for each of the two types of farms taking into account their economic size. The main findings indicate that the highest efficiency is achieved by the biggest farms, but those from the regions belonging to the new EU members at the same time had a low efficiency of scale, while those belonging to the countries of the EU-15 were operating at a scale close to the optimal. Moreover, it is confirmed that a longer period of farming under relatively stable conditions promotes a higher efficiency independently of the type of farm production. on the other hand, contrary to the relatively common opinion that a higher specialization promotes a higher efficiency, it was found that field crop farms in average are less efficient than mixed farms, although the difference between efficiencies decreases with an increase of their economic size.

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Productivity and efficiency of large and small field crop farms and mixed farms of the old and new EU regions

Błażejczyk-Majka¹,

Kala²,

Maciejewski³

2012

AGR ECON-CZECH

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“…Theoretically, the main neoclassic approach has described that the farm performances are influenced by internal and external factor such as the legal type of the management and ownership and the level of human capital, hence, the small family farms are more efficient in the terms of costs, productivity, profitability than the big ones due to a different management abilities (Gorton and Davidova 2004). …”

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An analysis of the efficiency in a sample of small Italian farms part of the FADN dataset

Galluzzo¹

2016

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Abstract:Italian farms have an average surface lower than 10 hectares and they are predominately scattered in the upland rural areas. Th e most important aspect of small family farms is to protect the rural environment against the socio-economic marginalization of rural territories and reducing the out-migration from the countryside as well. Since the 1960s, the European Union has arranged a microeconomic survey on a sample of farms aimed at estimating the impact of the Common Agricultural Policy strategies on farmers called the Farm Accountancy Data Network or the FADN. Th e purpose of the analysis was to assess by a quantitative approach using the FADN dataset the technical, economic and allocative effi ciency in Italian family farms over the time 2000-2012. In particular, the aim of the paper has been to investigate if the legal typology of property has infl uenced the effi ciency of Italian farms. Some fi ndings have pointed out that the co-operatives and family farms during the fi ve year time 2008-2012 have had the same level of effi ciency. Italian small farms smaller than 5 hectares need adequate fi nancial supports allocated by the II. pillar of the Common Agricultural Policy and these subsides are pivotal in particular towards family farms located in the upland and hilly areas.

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“…Usually, the poorer is the agricultural area and farm size the lower is the level of efficiency and farmer's income (Lund and Hill, 1979;Alvarez and Arias, 2004;Galluzzo, 2013). Despite this conceptual theoretical framework, other authors in some European countries have pointed out as small farms, due to a simplified traditional organization and management of cropping system, have had better results in terms of technical and economic efficiency than large farms and corporate agrarian enterprises (Gorton and Davidova, 2004); hence, the farm size impacts partially on the level of technical efficiency (Nowak et al, 2015;Galluzzo, 2013;.…”

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Medium Term Analysis of Technical and Allocative Efficiency in Romanian Farms Using FADN Dataset

Galluzzo¹

2017

BUASVMCN-HORT

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The Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) is an annual survey established by the European Union in order to estimate the economic impact of the Common Agricultural Policy on farmers. Lots of scholars have investigated the technical, economical and allocative efficiency using a non-parametric approach such as the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Romanian farms belonging to the Farm Accountancy Data Network dataset have highlighted modest levels of technical efficiency compared to the average European value investigated by other authors. The purpose of this study was to assess using the DEA approach technical, economic and allocative efficiency in Romanian farms belonging to the FADN dataset from 2007 to 2012. Findings have pointed out an increase of technical efficiency compared to previous studies carried out in transition economies such as Poland, Slovenia and Bulgaria, as a consequence of an intense generational turn over in Romanian characterized by a younger high skill and qualified farmers' generation. Poor land capital, in terms of utilized agricultural areas, and a low level of investments in new technologies, were the main downsides in Romanian farms; hence, the National Rural Development Plan should improve financial subsides in order to get better modest agrarian plots in farms scattered in the Romanian rural space.

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Farm productivity and efficiency in the CEE applicant countries: a synthesis of results

Cited by 179 publications

References 43 publications

Productivity and efficiency of large and small field crop farms and mixed farms of the old and new EU regions

Productivity and efficiency of large and small field crop farms and mixed farms of the old and new EU regions

An analysis of the efficiency in a sample of small Italian farms part of the FADN dataset

Medium Term Analysis of Technical and Allocative Efficiency in Romanian Farms Using FADN Dataset

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