Structural Changes in the Dairy Industry and Their Impact on the Efficiency of Dairies – A Polish Example

Zuba‐Ciszewska, Maria

doi:10.22630/esare.2018.2.14

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“…Since Poland acceded to the European Union, changes in the dairy sector have been made. 68 As both purchasing and processing entities, the dairy cooperatives are obliged to run their activity in compliance with the regulations governing the EU milk market and food regulations. 69 Resource base restructuring and the modernisation processes of Poland's dairy industry infl uenced the dairy sector's development.…”

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Economic, legal and social conditions for the development of dairy cooperatives in Poland: Historical implications and contemporary assessment from farmers

Zuba‐Ciszewska

Suchoń²,

Urbanek³

2023

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The aim of the article was to assess the development process of dairy cooperatives in Poland over the last 150 years, with the economic situation and the impact of legal regulations taken into account, and to assess empirical research findings on how dairy cooperatives operate according to their members (benefits of membership, development opportunities and threats). Despite the long tradition and experience in cooperation between dairies and farmers, the period of the centrally planned economy and economic transformation brought many changes. Poland’s EU accession has improved their development opportunities. The cooperatives have a high share in the milk purchase and dairy product sale. The cooperation with farmers has improved. However, there are still areas that need to be improved in the real spirit of the cooperative idea because they concern the basic economic benefits of membership and the principles of function of coops.

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“…Cooperatives also continue to improve their technical and economic effi ciency. 58 Dairy cooperatives, as agricultural organisations, take over certain activities related to the farming activity conducted by their members, i.e. producers.…”

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Economic, legal and social conditions for the development of dairy cooperatives in Poland: Historical implications and contemporary assessment from farmers

Zuba‐Ciszewska

Suchoń²,

Urbanek³

2023

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“…However, the dairy industry is currently the only industry in Poland dominated by cooperatives, strengthening the integration of agriculture with the processing industry. Thanks to the concentration and modernization of the dairy industry, which began in the 1990s and continues to the present day, the technical and economic productivity of the average dairies has systematically improved [32,36].…”

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“…This means that in each year, investment expenditures in relation to the annual depreciation increased. These were intended, to the greatest extent, for the purchase of machinery, equipment, and means of transport, i.e., for the modernization of dairies' production potential [32,[35][36][37].…”

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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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“…At the same time a complete diet is impossible without dairy products. However, dairy products are perishable foods and their quality is regulated by EU standards (ZUBA-CISZEWSKA, 2018; STANDART ISO9000). The quality of dairy production depends both on technology and technical equipment, and on the efficiency of the work in the chain of productionharvesting-processing of milk-raw materials.…”

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Managerial decisions in logistic systems of milk provision on variable production conditions

Tryhuba

Hridin

Slavina

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Ind. Jour. Manag. & Prod.

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The study of the influence of variable production conditions and the work in logistics milk harvesting systems on the value indicators of their functioning has been carried out. A method that enables to solve the task of coordinating the content of work with variable production conditions is proposed. It has been established that there are seven variants of the content of work in logistics milk harvesting systems, each of which has its own specifics. Computer experiments were carried out using the developed simulation model of logistics processes implementation. On the example of the production conditions of the Brody district in the Lviv region, trends in changing the cost performance of logistics operations for various content during the year are established. On the basis of the defined cost indicators, specific costs of funds for the execution of logistic works for each of the variants of their content are determined. It is substantiated that effective performance of work in logistic systems of milk harvest requires operational planning of their content for each of the days of milk harvest season. The conducted studies will be useful for managers who perform operational planning in logistics milk harvesting systems.

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Structural Changes in the Dairy Industry and Their Impact on the Efficiency of Dairies – A Polish Example

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Economic, legal and social conditions for the development of dairy cooperatives in Poland: Historical implications and contemporary assessment from farmers

Economic, legal and social conditions for the development of dairy cooperatives in Poland: Historical implications and contemporary assessment from farmers

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

Managerial decisions in logistic systems of milk provision on variable production conditions

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