Joint estimation of technology choice and technical efficiency: an application to organic and conventional dairy farming

Kumbhakar, Subal C.; Tsionas, Efthymios G.; Sipiläinen, Timo

doi:10.1007/s11123-008-0081-y

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“…Both effects are in accordance with similar studies; see, for example, Kumbhakar et al (2009) andTiffin (2011). Specialised production has a negative effect on the transition to organic farming principles, which is also evidenced by the research done by De Koeijer et al (1995), the output of which is the conclusion that mixed farms have greater preconditions for the transition to the organic production technology.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 89%

“…Primarily, there was a consideration of the positive effect of subsidies to support organic agriculture on the implementation of the organic production technology (see Pietola and Lansink 2001;Jánský and Živělová 2007;Kumbhakar et al 2009). The said subsidies were included in the model in several alternative forms -in the form of the total volume of subsidies obtained per hectare of the farmed land in time "t -1" (SH k,t-1 ), and in the form of the average amount of subsidy rates announced per hectare of agricultural land in time "t" (ASR k,t ).…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Kumbhakar et al (2009) also define technical effectiveness (TEF k,t ) as a factor for the transition to the organic farming, with a presumed positive effect, and the experience of the farmer, which was modelled through the use of proxy variables of the duration of the existence of the agricultural business (OF k,t ) and the age of the farmer (OLF k,t ). It may be assumed that the organic production technology will tend to be implemented by younger farmers and businesses with a shorter tradition.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Some of these publications (Jánský and Živělová 2007), and some foreign research studies too (e.g. Kumbhakar et al 2009;Dimitri and Oberholtzer 2010), presume that the main determinant for the fast growth of organic agriculture in the Czech Republic are subsidies on the part of the state. However, some studies point out that subsidies are not the only motivator for the transition to the organic method of farming (Lohr and Salomonsson 2000;Darnhofer et al 2005;Zagata 2010a).…”

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The determinants of adopting organic farming practices: a case study in the Czech Republic

Malá¹,

Malý²

2013

AGR ECON-CZECH

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Th e presented article focuses on an analysis of the phenomena appearing in the implementation of the transition from classic conventional technology in the production of agricultural food products to an ecological manner of farming. Th e main objective is an empirical analysis of the determinants of the implementation of ecological production technology, whereby not only is their defi nition focused on, but also the quantifi cation of the level of their eff ect. Th e primary methodological tool for achieving the objective is a binary choice model, which was estimated in three variants -probit model, logit model and linear probability model. Th ese estimations are conducted on the basis of the unbalanced panel data from 531 agricultural businesses -legal entities obtained over the time period [2004][2005][2006][2007][2008]. Results of the analyses indicate that the transition to and implementation of the organic production technology is negatively aff ected primarily by the higher age of the farmers and the high productivity of labour. On the other hand, the subsidies for the support of organic agriculture, as well as a high return on cost can be considered as the factors which positively infl uence the implementation of the organic technology. Given this fact, it is possible, through agricultural policy, to eff ectively infl uence the number of organically managing farmers, as well as the acreage of the organically managed land. And from the achieved outputs, the type of farm is subsequently characterised where a transition to organic farming may most likely be expected.

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2013

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“…Together with Kumbhakar et al (2009), we state that "subsidies should be designed in a way that does not promote inefficiency. " Therefore, we analyse the impact of the RDP subsidies on the inefficiency and efficiency of Czech farms.…”

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Impact of the Rural Development Programme Subsidies on the farms' inefficiency and efficiency

Pechrová¹

2015

Agric. Econ. - Czech

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Th e aim of the paper is to assess the impact of subsidies from the Rural Development Programme of the Czech Republic for the years 2007-2013 (RDP) on the technical ineffi ciency and the effi ciency of Czech agricultural holdings. An unbalanced panel includes 454 Czech farms and 2103 observations for years [2007][2008][2009][2010][2011][2012][2013]. Th e Parametric Stochastic Frontier Analysis is used to assess the technical ineffi ciency and effi ciency. A "true" fi xed eff ects model with RDP subsidies explaining the variance of the ineffi ciency term is estimated. Th e results are ambiguous. On one hand, the RDP subsidies contributed to the decrease of variance of the ineffi ciency term, but on the other, the eff ect is statistically signifi cant only at 90% level of signifi cance. Th erefore, we further tested the medians of ineffi ciency (effi ciency) which are lower (higher) in the subsidized farms. We concluded that there are statistically signifi cant diff erences depending on whether the farm received the RDP subsidies or not. However, we suggest a further examination of the particular projects using the effi ciency of investments indicators.

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Short supply chain, technical efficiency, and technological change: Insights from cucumber production

Zhang

Vatsa

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Agribusiness

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This study examines the impact of participation in short supply chains (SSCs) on technical efficiency (TE) and technological change (TC) in cucumber production in China, using data for the period 2011-2016. The meta-frontier model and the two-stage residual inclusion approach are utilized to examine the association between SSC participation, comparable TE, and TC. Accounting for selection bias, we show that SSC participation significantly decreased the comparable TE of cucumber production but accelerated TC.The disaggregated analysis reveals that the comparable TE for SSC participants was generally smaller than that for nonparticipants. Furthermore, comparable TE for nonparticipants consistently increased year-over-year, whereas, for SSC participants, it increased during some years and decreased during others. Last but not least, TC for both SSC participants and nonparticipants increased over time.

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Joint estimation of technology choice and technical efficiency: an application to organic and conventional dairy farming

Abstract: Production function, Inefficiency, Endogeneity, Maximum likelihood, C23, D24, D83, O30, Q12,

Cited by 154 publications

References 19 publications

The determinants of adopting organic farming practices: a case study in the Czech Republic

The determinants of adopting organic farming practices: a case study in the Czech Republic

Impact of the Rural Development Programme Subsidies on the farms' inefficiency and efficiency

Short supply chain, technical efficiency, and technological change: Insights from cucumber production

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