Measuring technical efficiency of dairy farms with imprecise data: a fuzzy data envelopment analysis approach

Mugera, Amin

doi:10.1111/1467-8489.12008

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“…Some studies investigating the cost efficiency of dairy cattle farms are (Bailey et al, 1989;Fraser and Cordina, 1999;Jaforullah and Whiteman, 1999;Hambrusch et al, 2006;Balcombe et al, 2006;Hansson, 2007;Uzmay et al, 2009;Günden et al, 2010;Ayale and Beatrice, 2010;Aldeseit, 2013;Mugera, 2013).…”

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Measuring technical, allocative and economic efficiencies of dairy farms in western Turkey

Teri̇n

Külekçi

Yıldırım

2016

IJAR

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A study was conducted to determine the input efficiencies of 43 dairy cattle farms under the aegis of Agricultural Development Cooperative in Erikler Village of Center Town of Kirklareli Province in Western Turkey. Data envelopment analysis was used. The technical, allocative and economical efficiencies were found to be as 0.66, 0.43 and 0.23 respectively. The analysis results showed that only 23.26% of the farms were efficient (they had constant return to scale) regarding the usage of major inputs while the remaining 76.74% had increasing return to scale, indicating that these farms could maintain the current output with decreasing current inputs. The current output (gross production value) per cow could be maintained by saving 46.56, 46.72, 42.96, and 45.20% dry weed (kg), straw (kg), concentrated feed (kg), and labour (hour), respectively along with 39.82% veterinary and 46.73% the other expenses.

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Measuring technical, allocative and economic efficiencies of dairy farms in western Turkey

Teri̇n

Külekçi

Yıldırım

2016

IJAR

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“…However, the most of these studies have been based on analyses of farm data rather than aggregate data (Kelly et al 2012;Mugera 2013;Sauer and Latacz-Lohmann 2015;van der Voort et al 2014;Zhu et al 2012). We are conscious that the use of aggregate data creates some limitations.…”

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Technical efficiency and total factor productivity changes in European dairy farm sectors

2017

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This paper aims to evaluate the technical efficiency and the total factor productivity change of dairy farms in EU countries. Analyses were carried out in order to determine which countries showed the best performance adaptations when the quota regime was relaxed and to evaluate the technical conditions of European farmers at the starting point of the new regime (milk quota abolition). A data envelopment analysis (DEA) was applied on aggregate data related to 22 European countries for the period from 2004 to 2012. The findings suggest that milk farms show small scope for improving efficiency using their own technical input. The estimation of total factor productivity and its components suggest that the European milk sector has suffered a decline in productivity. This means that external factors, independent of the farmers' capacity to use technical inputs, can play a greater role than efficiency in conditioning productivity and profitability in the near future.

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“…Consequently, data envelopment analysis (DEA) was undertaken in order to assess the level of efficiency and capacity utilisation for the Moreton Bay SRO industry. DEA is commonly applied in studies in the context of food production, fisheries and aquaculture [25] , [26] , [27] , [28] , [29] , [30] , [31] and is more commonly applied in general than parametric approaches for productivity analysis [3] .…”

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Shape Up or Ship Out: Can We Enhance Productivity in Coastal Aquaculture to Compete with Other Uses?

2014

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Coastal resources are coming under increasing pressure from competition between recreational, commercial and conservation uses. This is particularly so in coastal areas adjacent to major population centres. Given high recreational and conservation values in such areas, economic activities need to be highly efficient in order to persist. Management of these industries must therefore also encourage efficient production and full utilisation of the areas available. In order to achieve this, managers must first understand the level and drivers of productivity, and how these can be influenced. In this study, by way of illustration, the focus was on the Sydney rock oyster industry within Queensland's Moreton Bay, a multiple use marine park with high recreational and conservation value adjacent to Australia’s third largest city. Productivity of the oyster industry in Moreton Bay is currently low compared to historic levels, and management has an objective of reversing this trend. It is unclear whether this difference is due to oyster farmers’ business choices and personal characteristics or whether varying environmental conditions in the Moreton Bay limit the capacity of the oyster industry. These require different management responses in order to enhance productivity. The study examined different productivity measures of the oyster industry using data envelopment analysis (DEA) to determine where productivity gains can be made and by how much. The findings suggest that the industry is operating at a high level of capacity utilisation, but a low level of efficiency. The results also suggest that both demographic and environmental conditions affect technical efficiency in the Bay, with water characteristics improvements and appropriate training potentially providing the greatest benefits to the industry. Methods used in this study are transferable to other industries and provide a means by which coastal aquaculture may be managed to ensure it remains competitive with other uses of coastal resources.

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Measuring technical efficiency of dairy farms with imprecise data: a fuzzy data envelopment analysis approach

Cited by 36 publications

References 37 publications

Measuring technical, allocative and economic efficiencies of dairy farms in western Turkey

Measuring technical, allocative and economic efficiencies of dairy farms in western Turkey

Technical efficiency and total factor productivity changes in European dairy farm sectors

Shape Up or Ship Out: Can We Enhance Productivity in Coastal Aquaculture to Compete with Other Uses?

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