Measuring the input-orientated technical efficiency of Estonian grain farms in 2005–2007

Luik, Helis; Seilenthal, Juta; Värnik, Rando

doi:10.1080/16507541.2010.487658

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“…In some agricultural applications of productivity analysis, including DEA, only the most common and important farm outputs are included in the model, such as rice in Ray and Bhadra (1993), pork products (Galanopoulos et al 2006), and cereals and oilseed in Luik et al (2009). A potential problem with this approach is that, if farms produce other outputs in any significant quantities, they will not be able to justify their resources within the technology in which such outputs are omitted, and this approach would favour the farms that produce only the outputs specified in the model.…”

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“…Labour may be expressed as labour costs (Färe et al, 1997), annual work units (Latruffe et al, 2004;Davidova and Latruffe, 2007) or labour hours (Reinhard et al, 2000;Iráizoz et al, 2003;Luik et al, 2009). In our models we use labour costs as reported in the Turkish FADN and measured in Turkish Lira (TL).…”

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“…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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“…Noteworthy, Vasiliev et al (2008) employed DEA and esti 2008) employed DEA and esti mated that the optimal Estonian grain farm size should fall in the range of 239-341 ha. Mean while, Luik et al (2009) concluded that the same figure should be in between 200 and 600 ha. As for the labour force, the optimal amount was some 3 AWU.…”

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Returns to scale in the Lithuanian family farms: A quantitative approach

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Valkauskas²

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The paper analysed the returns to scale and scale elasticity prevailing in the Lithuanian family farms. The analysis was based on the farm-level data. Specifically, the three farming types were considered, viz. crop, livestock, and mixed farming. The non-parametric method, data envelopment analysis, was employed to define the production frontier and compute the estimates of the scale elasticity. The inefficient observations were projected on the production frontier and analysed both in input and output orientations. Meanwhile, the efficient observations were treated in accordance with Banker and Thrall (1992). The results enabled to estimate the most productive scale size for each of the considered farming types. The farm size was expressed both in absolute and relative terms. These estimates, indeed, might provide a momentum for discussions in regard to the farm structure and sustainable agricultural policy in Lithuania.

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“…Several authors have focused on an issue of farm competitiveness paying attention to efficiency issues of Estonian agricultural producers. Vasiliev et al, 2011;Luik et al, 2009;Vasiliev et al, 2008).…”

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The Impact of Parcel Structure on the Efficiency of Finnish Dairy Farms

Niskanen

Heikkilä

2015

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In Finland, expanding dairy farms often face the problem of additional fields being geographically distant and only available as small parcels. We develop a stochastic production frontier model to estimate the technical efficiency of Finnish dairy farms and simulate the effect of parcel distance and parcel size on the efficiency of an average farm for 2000 through 2009. The overall development of technical efficiency is positive during the study period but increases in distance and decreases in parcel size both significantly reduce farm efficiency. Therefore, efforts to improve the parcel structure are justified.

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Measuring the input-orientated technical efficiency of Estonian grain farms in 2005–2007

Cited by 4 publications

References 9 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

Returns to scale in the Lithuanian family farms: A quantitative approach

The Impact of Parcel Structure on the Efficiency of Finnish Dairy Farms

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