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

Silva, Emiliana; Almeida, Bruno; Marta-Costa, Ana Alexandra

doi:10.2478/euco-2018-0040

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“…Farmer's experience had a significant positive effect on productivity, while income from outside the farm had no effect on the efficiency of Norwegian dairy farms. Similar conclusions were drawn by Silva et al [30] examining the technical efficiency of dairy farms in Portugal (Azores) using the DEA method. The main findings of the researchers indicate that there are no significant differences in the technical efficiency of dairy farms with or without supplementary income sources.…”

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Measurement and Evaluation of the Efficiency and Total Productivity of Dairy Farms in Poland

2021

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The aim of the article is to measure and evaluate the economic and technical efficiency as well as the total productivity of dairy farms in Poland. The research used data from the Polish FADN. The analysis covered the years 2008–2017. The study group consisted of 730 farms. An iteration-optimization method, k-means clustering, non-parametric DEA method, and aggregated Färe–Primont indexes were used to achieve the goal. The conducted research allowed for the distinction of four types of dairy farms with different levels of economic efficiency. We prove that the costs of labor, energy, maintenance of machines and buildings, fodder, depreciation, and overheads, as well as agricultural land, affect the technical efficiency and total productivity of dairy farms. We also prove that over the analyzed years, technical efficiency decreased in all groups of dairy farms, while the Färe–Primont index of total productivity changes slightly increased. The validity of these studies and their practical significance result from the need to improve the competitiveness of dairy farms and increase their profitability. Our research fills a gap in research on measuring and evaluating the efficiency and productivity of dairy farms, and at the same time represents an original approach to the studied phenomenon. Moreover, it allows for the explanation of differences in the effectiveness of different types of dairy farms, providing useful information for the design of effective targeted policy interventions to improve the competitiveness of the Polish dairy sector. There are opportunities to improve both the technical efficiency and productivity of dairy farms in Poland. This increase will be possible thanks to the improvement of agricultural advisory services and ensuring that farmers participate in training in proper nutrition, reproduction, milk marketing and other management skills.

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Measurement and Evaluation of the Efficiency and Total Productivity of Dairy Farms in Poland

2021

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“…The plan system, both in terms of production and income, seems to be the most efficient vineyard landscaping. Farmers who have viticulture as their only activity show a positive influence as was found by Silva et al (2018).…”

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Efficiency analysis of viticulture systems in the Portuguese Douro region

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Rodríguez

Marta-Costa

2020

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to estimate and analyse the technical efficiency (TE) component of productivity for a sample of winegrowers from the Douro Demarcated Region in Portugal. Design/methodology/approach The data were collected through face-to-face surveys and includes a sample of 110 farmers’ vineyards with specific input-output information and other data about production systems during the year of 2017. The authors use a two-stage data envelopment analysis using bootstrap techniques to obtain TE scores in the farmers’ vineyards and to examine the determinants of its efficiency. Findings The results show that some farmers’ vineyards have a low efficiency level and that there are essential determinants of the production system, which can influence its efficiency. This suggests considerable opportunities for improvement of wine grape productivity through better use of available resources considering the state of technology. Originality/value This work has overcome the lack of data in the farmers’ vineyards, the lack of efficiency studies in the region and also allowed to evaluate the production systems and to assess their impact on efficiency.

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“…The dairy sector's efficiency has been the subject of a number of studies worldwide. While many of them have addressed the question of efficiency at the farm level [28,[47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65], the problem of dairy efficiency seems to have received less attention.…”

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“…The DEA was conducted using DEAP Version 2.1 [82]. This program has previously been used by Singh et al [18,92], Gradziuk [71], Ohlan [85,93], Madau et al [28], Syp and Osuch [57], Silva et al [60], and Popović and Panić [19], among others, in studies on the efficiency of the dairy sector (whether dairies or dairy farms). Other calculations were performed using IBM SPSS Statistics, version 27.…”

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Technical Efficiency of Cooperative and Non-Cooperative Dairies in Poland: Toward the First Link of the Supply Chain

2022

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Several studies conducted in various countries have addressed the technical efficiency of dairies. However, there is a paucity of research on the technical efficiency of dairies in Poland, particularly in relation to their legal form (i.e., cooperatives vs. non-cooperatives). The existing literature also does not provide insights into the technical efficiency of these entities with respect to different regions’ milk production capacity. Therefore, this paper aims to: (1) evaluate and compare the technical efficiency of cooperative and non-cooperative dairies in Poland, and (2) examine dairies’ technical efficiency due to spatial disparities in milk production potential. We use data envelopment analysis (DEA) to investigate the technical efficiency of 108 dairies in Poland for the year 2019. The milk production capacity of provinces is examined by applying the zero unitarization method. The results show that when assuming constant returns to scale (CRS), dairy cooperatives are less technically efficient than non-cooperatives, whereas when assuming variable returns to scale (VRS), these differences are not statistically significant. For inefficient dairies, we observe the greatest potential for improvement in labor costs and depreciation. Both cooperatives and non-cooperatives operate mostly under decreasing returns to scale. Thus, the potential for enhancing the technical efficiency of dairies through the consolidation process seems to be exploited. Our findings reveal that the technical efficiency of dairies in Poland is not differentiated by regional milk production potential.

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

Cited by 6 publications

References 20 publications

Measurement and Evaluation of the Efficiency and Total Productivity of Dairy Farms in Poland

Measurement and Evaluation of the Efficiency and Total Productivity of Dairy Farms in Poland

Efficiency analysis of viticulture systems in the Portuguese Douro region

Technical Efficiency of Cooperative and Non-Cooperative Dairies in Poland: Toward the First Link of the Supply Chain

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