Measuring the technical efficiency of cooperative societies in Kuwait
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DOI: 10.1002/mde.2962
Abstract: This study employs bootstrap data envelopment analysis to measure the technical efficiencies of 48 Kuwaiti retail cooperative societies (coops) during the years 2012–2015. Average profit efficiency falls substantially from 84% to 70% after applying a… read more here.
Keywords: efficiency cooperative; societies kuwait; technical efficiency; efficiency ... See more keywords
Impact of government intervention to maize efficiency at farmer’s level across time: a robust evidence in Northern Vietnam
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DOI: 10.1007/s10668-020-00662-9
Abstract: The Vietnamese government has already legislated many agricultural policies to improve farmers’ performance. In particular, the extension programme aims to enhance technical efficiencies of targeted farmers. Besides, negative environmental effects of chemical pesticides and climate… read more here.
Keywords: government intervention; impact government; trained farmers; technical efficiency ... See more keywords
Application of a bias-corrected meta-frontier approach and an endogenous switching regression to analyze the technical efficiency of conservation tillage for wheat in South Asia
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DOI: 10.1007/s11123-018-0525-y
Abstract: Conservation tillage (CT) options are among the most rapidly spreading land preparation and crop establishment techniques globally. In South Asia, CT has spread dramatically over the last decade, a result of strong policy support and… read more here.
Keywords: south asia; tillage; meta frontier; technical efficiency ... See more keywords
Efficiency in the European agricultural sector: environment and resources
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DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-2041-z
Abstract: This article intends to compute agriculture technical efficiency scores of 27 European countries during the period 2005–2012, using both data envelopment analysis (DEA) and stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) with a generalized cross-entropy (GCE) approach, for… read more here.
Keywords: technical efficiency; efficiency; efficiency european; efficiency scores ... See more keywords
The impact of climate change coping and adaptation strategies on livestock farmers’ technical efficiency: the case of rural Ghana
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DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-11525-1
Abstract: Compared with developed nations, developing countries are more vulnerable to climate change and variability. In this study, a coping and adaptation strategies (CCCAs) index, data envelopment analysis (DEA), and fractional regression model (FRM) are used… read more here.
Keywords: coping adaptation; adaptation strategies; technical efficiency; climate change ... See more keywords
Iso-analysis for knowing the sources of technical efficiency and performance
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DOI: 10.1007/s12351-016-0271-8
Abstract: Abstract The paper proposes an iso-analysis framework for performance evaluation of decision-making units for use in two basic set-ups. First, for two criterial dimensions of performance applied simultaneously, it is shown how groups of decision-making… read more here.
Keywords: iso analysis; efficiency; technical efficiency; performance ... See more keywords
Environmental technical efficiency in EU member and candidate countries: A parametric hyperbolic distance function approach
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2018.01.037
Abstract: Abstract This paper investigates environmental technical efficiency for a panel of European Union (EU) member and candidate countries for the period 1990–2011 using parametric hyperbolic distance function. The paper also examines the environmental technical efficiency… read more here.
Keywords: technical efficiency; environmental technical; candidate countries; member candidate ... See more keywords
Agricultural cooperative membership and technical efficiency of apple farmers in China: An analysis accounting for selectivity bias
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2018.10.009
Abstract: This study examines the impact of agricultural cooperative membership on technical efficiency (TE) of apple farmers in China. We make novel contributions to the literature by employing a recently developed selectivity-corrected stochastic production frontier model… read more here.
Keywords: cooperative membership; agricultural cooperative; technical efficiency; membership technical ... See more keywords
Gender differentials in technical efficiency of Ghanaian cocoa farms
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DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04012
Abstract: This study considers the presence of a gender gap in technical efficiency in Ghana's cocoa production sector. The two-stage double bootstrap data envelopment analysis (DEA) procedure was applied to estimate the bias-corrected technical efficiency scores… read more here.
Keywords: gap; farm; gender; technical efficiency ... See more keywords
Adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices and their influence on the technical efficiency of maize production under extreme weather events
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102322
Abstract: Abstract Malawi experiences frequent and intense extreme weather events that affect rain-fed household maize production. Thus, households have adopted various climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices to cushion maize production from the adverse effects of extreme weather… read more here.
Keywords: production; adoption; technical efficiency; maize production ... See more keywords
Comparison of technology efficiency for CO2 emissions reduction among European countries based on DEA with decomposed factors
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.03.065
Abstract: Abstract For consistent and effective CO 2 reduction, many countries need to improve not only the technical efficiency of CO 2 mitigation, but also environmental responsibility. In this study, we examine both the technical efficiency… read more here.
Keywords: reduction; european countries; energy; dea ... See more keywords