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Animal Grazing System Efficiency

dc.contributor.authorSilva, Emiliana
dc.contributor.authorSantos, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorMendes, Armando B.
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-05T12:33:03Z
dc.date.available2014-03-05T12:33:03Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.descriptionCopyright © 2013 Springer Netherlands.por
dc.description.abstractThis chapter proposes to estimate the technical efficiency in agricultural grazing systemsgrazing systems (dairy, beef and mixed) in Azores, in the year 2002. This research used 184 agricultural farms of FADN – Farm Accountancy Data Network. DEA, a non-parametric methodology, was used to estimate efficiency by means of DEAP software. The results have shown that the average technical efficiency in the dairy grazing system was 63.2% (CRS) and was higher (71.4%) in VRS, and the scale efficiency was about 89.2%. In beef grazing system, the average technical efficiency (CRS) was 69.4%; VRS and the scale efficiency were 82.9 and 84.2%, espectively. In the mixed grazing system, the average technical efficiency (CRS) was 89%, the VRS was higher (99.24%) and the scale efficiency was 89.8%. The mixed system is the most efficient, and about half (46.7%) of the farms were efficient. In the dairy grazing system and in the beef systems, only 9.8 and 11.1% were efficient farms. The efficiency is generally higher in mixed systems than in dairy and beef systems.por
dc.identifier.citationSilva, Emiliana; Santos, Carlos; Mendes, Armando B. (2013). "Animal Grazing System Efficiency", In Mendes, Armando, L. D. G. Soares da Silva, Emiliana, Azevedo Santos, Jorge M. (Eds.), «Efficiency Measures in the Agricultural Sector: With Applications», pp. 83-91. ISBN 978-94-007-5738-7. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5739-4_6.por
dc.identifier.isbn978-94-007-5738-7 (Print)
dc.identifier.isbn978-94-007-5739-4 (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/2858
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherSpringerSpringer Netherlandspor
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-007-5739-4_6
dc.subjectAgriculturepor
dc.subjectAzorespor
dc.subjectEfficiencypor
dc.subjectDEApor
dc.titleAnimal Grazing System Efficiencypor
dc.typebook part
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oaire.citation.endPage91por
oaire.citation.startPage83por
oaire.citation.titleEfficiency Measures in the Agricultural Sector: With Applicationspor
rcaap.rightsrestrictedAccesspor
rcaap.typebookPartpor

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