Measuring technical efficiency in the presence of pesticide spillovers and production uncertainty: The case of Dutch arable farms

Skevas, Theodoros; Lansink, A.G.J.M. Oude; Stefanou, Spiro E.

doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2012.06.034

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“…The fact that most farms produce only a subset of all available crops is not considered as evidence pointing to different technologies: it is assumed that the farms choose to cultivate only a subset of crops. This assumption is in line with many other studies based on FADN data where it is assumed that crop-producing farms (including wheat-producing farms) in the same region operate in the same production technology (see, e.g., Oude Lansink et al 2002 andSkevas et al 2012).…”

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confidence: 71%

“…In different studies the definition of the capital input has been based, with some variations, on the book value of machinery and buildings (Brümmer, 2001;Oude Lansink et al, 2002;Iráizoz et al, 2003;Skevas et al, 2012), depreciated value of total assets (Latruffe et al, 2004;Davidova and Latruffe, 2007;Luik et al, 2009), and the annual capital costs (Färe et al, 1997). Based on the available data, we define the capital input in our model as capital expenditures expressed in Turkish Lira.…”

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Using data envelopment analysis for the assessment of technical efficiency of units with different specialisations: An application to agriculture

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Podinovski

2015

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Citation: ATICI, K.B. and PODINOVSKI, V.V., 2015. Using data envelopment analysis for the assessment of technical efficiency of units with different specialisations: an application to agriculture. Omega, 54, Additional Information:• This paper was accepted for publication in the journal AbstractIn this paper we consider the use of data envelopment analysis (DEA) for the assessment of efficiency of units whose output profiles exhibit specialisation. An example of this is found in agriculture where a large number of different crops may be produced in a particular region, but only a few farms actually produce each particular crop. Because of the large number of outputs, the use of conventional DEA models in such applications results in a poor efficiency discrimination. We overcome this problem by specifying production trade-offs between different outputs, relying on the methodology of Podinovski (2004). The main idea of our approach is to relate various outputs to the production of the main output. We illustrate this methodology by an application of DEA involving agricultural farms in different regions ofTurkey. An integral part of this application is the elicitation of expert judgements in order to formulate the required production trade-offs. Their use in DEA models results in a significant improvement of the efficiency discrimination. The proposed methodology should also be of interest to other applications of DEA where units may exhibit specialization, such as applications involving hospitals or bank branches.

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Using data envelopment analysis for the assessment of technical efficiency of units with different specialisations: An application to agriculture

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Podinovski

2015

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“…Now, DEA models are applied to the environmental aspects of agriculture. Picazo-Tadeo et al [71] assessed farming eco-efficiency in Spain, and Skevas et al [72] measured technical efficiency in handling of pesticide spillovers in Dutch farming. Mendes et al [73] applied DEA to agriculture mainly in South Europe and included papers that were focussed on rural tourism and dairy farming.…”

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Assessing Managerial Efficiency of Educational Tourism in Agriculture: Case of Dairy Farms in Japan

Ohe

2017

Sustainability

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Many rural areas face difficulty in how to motivate farmers to embark on diversified activities, such as tourism, while raising managerial efficiency. Thus, this paper conceptually and empirically evaluated how a farmer's identity correlates with managerial efficiency since the connection between the two has not been explored fully. We have addressed this issue through examining farmers' efforts in providing an emerging new educational tourism service by focusing on the Educational Dairy Farms in Japan. Conceptually, this paper classified farmers' identity into two types: traditional identity as a simple farm producer offering an educational service as a volunteer, and, enlarged identity, which is oriented toward viability of a new service activity. Empirically, data envelopment analysis revealed that those with the enlarged identity realized a higher managerial efficiency although there was much room for improvement in overall managerial efficiency. Consequently, support measures with a wider perspective that include identity issues should be designed for capacity building of farmers who are conducting tourism.

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“…Useful surveys on these issues from a DEA perspective include Scheel (2001), Dyckhoff and Allen (2001) and Zhou et al (2008). A similar discussion can also be found in Skevas et al (2012), who also account for the dynamic effects of polluting inputs in frontier models.…”

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Frontier models for evaluating environmental efficiency: an overview

Lansink

Wall

2014

Econom. bus. letters

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Our aim in this paper is to provide a succinct overview of frontier-based models used to evaluate environmental efficiency, with a special emphasis on agricultural activity. We begin by providing a brief, up-to-date review of the main approaches used to measure environmental efficiency, with particular emphasis on eco-efficiency models, the materials balance approach and the exergy balance approach. We then review the principal contributions analyzing the determinants of environmental efficiency, and finish by providing some suggestions for future research.

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Measuring technical efficiency in the presence of pesticide spillovers and production uncertainty: The case of Dutch arable farms

Cited by 89 publications

References 54 publications

Using data envelopment analysis for the assessment of technical efficiency of units with different specialisations: An application to agriculture

Using data envelopment analysis for the assessment of technical efficiency of units with different specialisations: An application to agriculture

Assessing Managerial Efficiency of Educational Tourism in Agriculture: Case of Dairy Farms in Japan

Frontier models for evaluating environmental efficiency: an overview

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