Technical efficiency of teff farms in Ethiopia: Do neighborhood effects matter? A copula stochastic frontier and spatial Durbin regression

Fikadu, Asmiro Abeje; Gebre, Girma Gezimu

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e31166

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“…The main field in which the SF is carried out concerns the analysis of productivity. Fikadu et al [14] explore the economic efficiency of Teff production in Ethiopia. The study analyses the neighbourhood effect on the technical efficiency through panel data.…”

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Efficiency of the Integrated Production Systems: Evidence from the Winegrowing Firms in Italy

Sardaro,

Panio,

Chmieliński

et al. 2024

Sustainability

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In Italy, the environmental sustainability of the agricultural sector is regulated by the National Integrated Production Quality System. It is the foundation of the regional Integrated Production Regulations (IPRs), which identify voluntary agronomic strategies on the use of pesticides, fertilisers, and irrigation water, as well as on soil and plant management. The aim is a reduction in the environmental impacts of the agricultural processes and an increase in the production quality. However, the direct relationship between environmental and economic sustainability of the regional IPRs is not obvious and its absence could weaken the economic efficiency of firms. The study, through the stochastic frontier (SF) method, investigates the possible inefficiencies of the regional winegrowing firms that voluntarily adhere to the Apulian IPRs. The results highlight that some measures in the IPRs aimed at preserving the local agroecosystems (soil management and use of resistant varieties) are efficient, therefore allowing for an increase in the production value and quality. On the contrary, crucial measures concerning the management of irrigation water and pesticides decrease efficiency. Thus, more thoughtful measures are requested by policy makers to improve the economic impacts of the regional IPRs on firms and to make possible a certain convergence between environmental and economic sustainability.

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