LEADER 05070nam 22007215 450 001 9910437785903321 005 20200701020412.0 010 $a1-283-94481-2 010 $a94-007-5739-5 024 7 $a10.1007/978-94-007-5739-4 035 $a(CKB)2670000000318043 035 $a(EBL)1083632 035 $a(OCoLC)823726907 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000810831 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11494981 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000810831 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10854317 035 $a(PQKB)10057605 035 $a(DE-He213)978-94-007-5739-4 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1083632 035 $a(PPN)168341638 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000318043 100 $a20121227d2013 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEfficiency Measures in the Agricultural Sector$b[electronic resource] $eWith Applications /$fedited by Armando Mendes, Emiliana L. D. G. Soares da Silva, Jorge M Azevedo Santos 205 $a1st ed. 2013. 210 1$aDordrecht :$cSpringer Netherlands :$cImprint: Springer,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (206 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a94-017-8219-9 311 $a94-007-5738-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents: -- Part I Efficiency Measures and Methods -- 1 Efficiency Measures in the Agricultural Sector: The Beginning -- 2 Review of Frontier Models and Efficiency Analysis: A Parametric Approach -- 3 Introduction to Data Envelopment Analysis -- 4 Superefficiency and Multiplier Adjustment in Data Envelopment Analysis -- Part II Farm Efficiency -- 5 An Application of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) in Azores Dairy Farms -- 6 Animal Grazing System Efficiency -- 7 Technical Efficiency of the Spanish Dairy Processing Industry: Do Size and Exporting Matter? -- 8 Inefficiency in Animal Production ? A Parametric Approach -- 9 Azorean Agriculture Efficiency by PAR -- 10 Sustainable Tourism and Agriculture Multifunctionality by PAR: A Variable Selection Approach -- 11 The Importance of Subsidies in Azorean Dairy Farms Efficiency -- 12 Multi-Ouput Technical Efficiency in the Olive Oil Industry and its Relation to the Form of Business Organisation -- 13 Efficiency Assessment: Final Remarks -- Index. 330 $aEfficiency Measures in the Agricultural Sector opens with detailed descriptions of measurement techniques such as Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA), which are often used to support models in analysis of agricultural productivity, based on mathematical programming (non-parametric, non-stochastic) models or econometric (stochastic, parametric) models. Among the factors studied using these techniques are the abundance of subsidies, strong competition between regions worldwide and the need for efficient production systems. In some countries like Portugal, this sector is being revitalized in face of the need for reducing imports. The editors draw on a 3-year project that analyzed a Portuguese area in detail, comparing this study with papers from other regions. Applications include the estimation of technical efficiency in agricultural grazing systems (dairy, beef and mixed) and specifically for dairy farms. The conclusions indicate that it is now necessary to help small dairy farms in order to make them more efficient. These results can be compared with the technical efficiency of a sample of Spanish dairy processing firms presented by Magdalena Kapelko and co-authors. . 606 $aEnvironmental sciences 606 $aAgricultural economics 606 $aStatistics  606 $aMathematical optimization 606 $aMath. Appl. in Environmental Science$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/U24005 606 $aAgricultural Economics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/W47000 606 $aStatistics for Business, Management, Economics, Finance, Insurance$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/S17010 606 $aOptimization$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/M26008 615 0$aEnvironmental sciences. 615 0$aAgricultural economics. 615 0$aStatistics . 615 0$aMathematical optimization. 615 14$aMath. Appl. in Environmental Science. 615 24$aAgricultural Economics. 615 24$aStatistics for Business, Management, Economics, Finance, Insurance. 615 24$aOptimization. 676 $a333.3 676 $a333.3/2 702 $aMendes$b Armando$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 702 $aL. D. G. Soares da Silva$b Emiliana$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 702 $aAzevedo Santos$b Jorge M$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910437785903321 996 $aEfficiency Measures in the Agricultural Sector$92541899 997 $aUNINA