Productivity and efficiency of large and small field crop farms and mixed farms of the old and new EU regions

Błażejczyk-Majka, Lucyna; Kala, Radosław; Maciejewski, Krzysztof

doi:10.17221/48/2011-agricecon

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“…What is more, Gorton and Davidova (2004) claimed, what is revealed in practice, that mean farm size increases and that larger farms are more profitable and efficient. These observations are also supported by our earlier paper (Błażejczyk-Majka, Kala, Maciejewski, 2011), which confirms that the highest efficiency is achieved by the biggest farms and that a longer period of farming under stable conditions promotes a higher efficiency. At the same time, Kleinhanß et al (2007) observed that enlargement of farms focused on animal production is limited by EU requirements connected with environmental protection and that environmental adaptation and efficiency have become key issues in the new European agricultural policy.…”

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Concentration and productivity of livestock and mixed farms in new and old EU member states. A regional level approach

Błażejczyk-Majka

Kala

2015

JCEA

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The research was based on the data contained in the Farm Accounting Data Network and covers the period of the first six years following the extension of the European Union in 2004. The research units were averaged farms representing 80 regions belonging to fifteen countries of the EU-15 and the ten new member states. The total number of units representing these regions was 333, of which 226 and 107 were livestock farms and mixed farms, respectively. The aim of this paper was to indicate (i) whether the concentration of mixed farms is faster than the specialist livestock farms and whether it is more intensive in the regions of the new UE states than in the old ones, and (ii) whether farms from the new regions improve productivity faster than the farms of the old regions irrespective of their production profile. The analysis was based on the regression and data envelopment method with estimation of the Malmquist total factor productivity (TFP) index and its components. As to the first question, the main findings indicate, on average, a decrease of the total labor input, but only in the new regions, an increase in the utilized agricultural area of farms both in the old and new regions, although larger in the new member countries, and the increase of stocking density in livestock farms of the old regions and only in mixed farms of the new regions. The answer to the second question is less optimistic, because in the analyzed period, especially after 2007, pure technical efficiency decreased in both types of farms both in the old and new regions. In turn, the indexes of scale and technical efficiency change indicated some improvements. However, they concern technical efficiency of both types of farms from the old regions and only scale efficiency of mixed farms from the new regions. Varied changes in individual TFP components resulted in differences of the Malmquist indexes. Their values indicate a decrease by 3% for farms from the new regions and by 1% for mixed farms from the old regions. This confirms the conclusion that farms from the old regions better endure a generally difficult period of stagnation. We observed that, the financial standing of all farms, except for livestock farms from the old regions, deteriorated, but those from the new regions suffered greater losses.

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Concentration and productivity of livestock and mixed farms in new and old EU member states. A regional level approach

Błażejczyk-Majka

Kala

2015

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“…Kleinhanss et al in 2007 have pointed out that some pivotal relationships exist between the efficiency and the farm size; in fact, these scholars have highlighted that there is a positive role of financial supports, allocated by the Common Agricultural Policy, towards the productive specialization and efficiency, corroborating the theoretical framework, in a sample of farms belonging to the FADN dataset, related to a specific nexus between the productive specialization or economic size and technical efficiency (Błażejczyk-Majka et al 2011).…”

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An analysis of the efficiency in a sample of small Italian farms part of the FADN dataset

Galluzzo¹

2016

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Abstract:Italian farms have an average surface lower than 10 hectares and they are predominately scattered in the upland rural areas. Th e most important aspect of small family farms is to protect the rural environment against the socio-economic marginalization of rural territories and reducing the out-migration from the countryside as well. Since the 1960s, the European Union has arranged a microeconomic survey on a sample of farms aimed at estimating the impact of the Common Agricultural Policy strategies on farmers called the Farm Accountancy Data Network or the FADN. Th e purpose of the analysis was to assess by a quantitative approach using the FADN dataset the technical, economic and allocative effi ciency in Italian family farms over the time 2000-2012. In particular, the aim of the paper has been to investigate if the legal typology of property has infl uenced the effi ciency of Italian farms. Some fi ndings have pointed out that the co-operatives and family farms during the fi ve year time 2008-2012 have had the same level of effi ciency. Italian small farms smaller than 5 hectares need adequate fi nancial supports allocated by the II. pillar of the Common Agricultural Policy and these subsides are pivotal in particular towards family farms located in the upland and hilly areas.

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“…In Kosovo, there may be a mixture of farmers growing greenhouse tomatoes or peppers as a single crop and those who may have other crops with tomatoes or peppers in the same greenhouse. Large-sized and mixed farms tend to have high efficiency [13]. The variable T/PFARM i can be important given that product prices in agriculture have a high tendency to vary [44].…”

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Evaluating Greenhouse Tomato and Pepper Input Efficiency Use in Kosovo

Frangu¹,

Popp²,

Thomsen³

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This study evaluates the input efficiency of greenhouse tomato and pepper farms in Kosovo. Using data collected from farm surveys, we conduct an input-oriented data envelopment analysis (DEA) to empirically assess input efficiency. Secondly, linear regression analysis is used to investigate which farm variables predict greenhouse tomato and pepper technical efficiency (TE).The DEA results indicated that among the seven regions in Kosovo, Prizren emerged as the most efficient greenhouse tomato producing region with a mean efficiency of 0.83 (on a scale of 0 to 1).Prishtina followed with a mean efficiency of 0.80. In the production of greenhouse peppers, Prishtina was the most efficient region with a mean efficiency of 0.99. Ferizaj followed with a mean efficiency of 0.93. Conclusions about farm characteristics that explain differences in efficiency were sensitive to model specification. Nevertheless, depending on the structural and operational characteristics of the greenhouse tomato and pepper farms, there is an opportunity for the technically inefficient farms and regions to improve their use of inputs.

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Productivity and efficiency of large and small field crop farms and mixed farms of the old and new EU regions

Cited by 43 publications

References 19 publications

Concentration and productivity of livestock and mixed farms in new and old EU member states. A regional level approach

Concentration and productivity of livestock and mixed farms in new and old EU member states. A regional level approach

An analysis of the efficiency in a sample of small Italian farms part of the FADN dataset

Evaluating Greenhouse Tomato and Pepper Input Efficiency Use in Kosovo

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