Efficiency Analysis of Dairy Farms in the Province of Izmir (Turkey): Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)

Candemir, Mehmet; Koyubenbe, Nursel

doi:10.1080/09712119.2006.9706572

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“…The percentage of farms with a score of unity (fully efficient farms) was 37% (55 farms). This is consistent with the 35% of fully efficient farms reported for Turkey and Australia (Fraser and Cordina 1999;Candemir and Koyubenbe 2006). This share is in between the 24% of fully efficient farms reported for Austria ) and the 52% reported for Argentina (Arzubi and Berbel 2001).…”

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“…Our finding indicates that 60% to 73% of the farms are inefficient when using these inputs. This is in agreement with previous studies, which reported percentages of fully efficient farms between 24% and 37% (Fraser and Cordina 1999;Candemir and Koyubenbe 2006;Kirner et al 2007;Carter Leal et al 2016). However, these studies analyzed technical efficiency as a whole, not for each input individually, as done in this study.…”

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confidence: 83%

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Improving the effectiveness of rural development policy in Chile

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In Chile, agriculture remains a key economic factor for rural development. Accordingly, the Chilean government, through the Agricultural Development Institute (INDAP), provides financial support for fostering entrepreneurship among small farmers to enable them to become more competitive in global markets. Despite this support, a declining number of farmers and an aging population are observed in rural areas. Most rural development programs focus on increasing competitiveness, whereas the stay-exit decision in agriculture is also affected by the characteristics and preferences of farmers and their families, and rural development policy. The overall objective of this dissertation was to provide technical and socioeconomic information for improving the effectiveness of rural development programs, which are seen as the tool for stopping rural migration. To accomplish this objective, first an analysis of the role of socioeconomic variables in the stay-exit decision in farming was made based on efficiency theory, exit barrier theory, and life-cycle theory. The association of potential factors with the stay-exit decision was identified using a probit model. This dissertation suggests that, besides the technical characteristics of the farming, which have been traditionally addressed in developing countries, rural development policies should focus on (i) farmer characteristics, i.e. age, gender, and expectations; (ii) farming system, i.e. multivariate production; and (iii) social aspect of rural society, i.e. membership of farmer associations. In addition, technical, economic, and social data was used to explore the scope for improving the technical efficiency of the sample farms and to identify the variables influencing technical efficiency. Two-stage models were performed to estimate (i) the technical efficiency and (ii) the input-specific technical inefficiency with which these farmers operate, and to identify the association of potential factors with either farm-level technical efficiency or input-specific technical inefficiency. Results for farm-level technical efficiency showed that farmers could reduce their input use by 30%. When measuring input-specific technical inefficiency results showed that the input use can be reduced by 26% (land use) to 37% (livestock use). This thesis also analyzed the effectiveness of existing rural development programs in Chile by comparing the opinions of experts regarding the effectiveness of these programs in achieving the main INDAP goals and the budget allocation among rural development programs. Results showed (i) a discrepancy between the allocation of the INDAP budget and the effectiveness of the rural development programs in achieving the overall INDAP goal; and (ii) that some INDAP programs are less effective in achieving INDAP goals. This suggested possibilities for reducing the current number of professional and technical advice programs and reallocating budget from less effective programs to programs that are more effective in the achievement of INDAP goals. Hence...

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“…Similar studies have been developed in other geographical areas, as Estonia (Luik et al, 2011); Turkey (Candemir and Koyubeube, 2006; Parlakay et al, 2015; Parlakay et al; 2017; Bozoglu et al, 2017; Terin et al, 2017); Argentina (Arzubi and Berbel, 2001; 2002; Angon et al, 2013); New Zealand (Jaforullah and Whiteman, 1999); Australia (Fraser and Cordina, 1999); Canada (Weersink et al, 1990; Cloutier and Rowley, 1993); Spain (Gonzalez et al, 1996); Pakistan (Mehmood et al, 2018); and Brazil(Ferrazza et al, 2017). These studies used from 21(Arzubi and Berbel, 2002) to 264 (Jaforullah and Whiteman, 1999) dairy farms, and the majority an inputoutput oriented model from a combination of two(Luik et al, 2014) or three(Candemir and Koyubeube, 2006) outputs and to six(Luik et al, 2014) or seven(Candemir and Koyubeube, 2006) inputs, with DEA as the most used technique. However, we ought to realize that some factors constrain the efficiency scores, 728/734…”

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Efficiency of the Dairy Farms: A Study from Azores (Portugal)

Silva

Almeida²,

Marta-Costa

2018

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Azores dairy represents 30% of Portuguese production. The farms are dominated by family nature and a relevant part of them are an exclusive source of the producer's income. Nowadays, the milk production has some problems due to the falling prices of milk on the producer and the European milk quotes abolishment. This situation requires the assessment of the Azorean dairy farms efficiency as a way to rationalize the use of the factors of production for the milk production. The aim of this research is to estimate the Technical Efficiency (TE) in two different groups of farms, of which the used criteria were to earn incomes exclusively from farm (Full-Time Farmer, FTF) or to have another complementary source of income (Partial-Time Farmer, PTF). The farms database was provided by a farmers' association and the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) was chosen for modelling TE estimation. The main findings show the inexistence of substantial differences in the farms performance with or without complementary sources of income (0.679 for PTF and 0.689 for FTF). However, the most efficient farms are related with the main source of income.

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“…al. [19], Candemir and Koyubenbe [20], Candemir and Deliktaş [21]. This paper has five sections include part.…”

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Technical Efficiency and Total Factor Productivity Growth in the Hazelnut Agricultural Sales Cooperatives Unions in Turkey

Candemir

Özcan

Güneş

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Abstract-This study measures the production efficiencies and total factor productivity changes of Hazelnut Agricultural Sales Cooperatives Unions (HASCUs) in Turkey over the period [2004][2005][2006][2007][2008]. Turkey produces %78.2 hazelnut production of world and gives service to 233,820 farmers in the Black Sea Region of Turkey. To measure production efficiencies of these units, Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) Approach and Malmquist Productivity Indexes are used. In the our efficiency analysis, the data of 50 HASCUs is considered but only the data of 37 cooperative units is found appropriate for the DEA. The findings of our study show that the average annual technical efficiency scores of HASCUs change between 0.841 and 0.938. It has also been observed that there are average annual %1.3 improvements in technical efficiency, 3% regress in technical change, and %1.7 decreases in the total factor productivity of the HASCUs over the period 2004-2008.

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Efficiency Analysis of Dairy Farms in the Province of Izmir (Turkey): Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)

Cited by 12 publications

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Improving the effectiveness of rural development policy in Chile

Improving the effectiveness of rural development policy in Chile

Efficiency of the Dairy Farms: A Study from Azores (Portugal)

Technical Efficiency and Total Factor Productivity Growth in the Hazelnut Agricultural Sales Cooperatives Unions in Turkey

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