کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
2439545 1108099 2008 6 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Does Intensification Improve the Economic Efficiency of Dairy Farms?
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک علوم دامی و جانورشناسی
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Does Intensification Improve the Economic Efficiency of Dairy Farms?
چکیده انگلیسی

In recent decades, the dairy sector has shown a global tendency toward intensification. This structural change may have significant effects on farm efficiency and, consequently, on the economic results of the farms. The goal of this study was to offer an empirical analysis of the effect of intensification on dairy farming. To do this, we first classified a sample of dairy farms according to their level of intensification by using a cluster analysis. We then estimated independent stochastic cost frontiers for each group of farms to calculate their levels of efficiency. The methodology used in this study allowed for the presence of different technologies within a sample, which is a methodological issue frequently avoided in the agricultural economics literature. The empirical results showed that intensive farms were closer to their cost frontier than extensive ones, suggesting a positive relationship between intensification and efficiency.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Dairy Science - Volume 91, Issue 9, September 2008, Pages 3693–3698
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