The comparative efficiency analysis of EU members agriculture sectors

Laurinavicius, E., Aleksandras Stulginskis Univ., Akademija, Kauno reg.; Rimkuviene, D., Aleksandras Stulginskis Univ., Akademija, Kauno reg.

The comparative efficiency analysis of EU members agriculture sectors

2017

Laurinavicius, E., Aleksandras Stulginskis Univ., Akademija, Kauno reg. (Lithuania) | Rimkuviene, D., Aleksandras Stulginskis Univ., Akademija, Kauno reg. (Lithuania)

Production economics forms a very important part of an enormous range of economic theory. Agricultural production is no exception. When evaluating the competitiveness of the multifunctional agriculture, it is necessary to use the measure of efficiency instead of productivity. The conception of the efficiency is explained and the methods for measurement are provided. The authors discuss the methods of Stochastic Frontier Approach (SFA), Free Disposal Hull (FDH) and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) that are particularly useful for multi-criterial evaluation of multifunctional processes. Those methods assign an efficiency score to each Decision Making Unit (DMU) based on how well it transforms a given set of inputs into outputs. Most studies have only focused on application of DEA method for assessment of the efficiency of agriculture farms. There is still a need on applications for sectors. This paper provides an examination of the applicability of DEA method to agriculture sectors efficiency measurement. By applying mathematical models, which are based on the DEA, the efficiency of agriculture in each EU country was evaluated.

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AGROVOC Keywords

agricultural sector data analysis efficiency eficacia european union countries exploitation agricole explotaciones agrarias farms latvia letonia lettonie lithuania lituania lituanie mathematical models production economics productividad productivity secteur agricole sector agrario statistical data

Bibliographic information

Published in

Rural Sustainability Research (Electronic resource) (Latvia) | Scientific journal of Latvia University of Agriculture

Volume 37 Issue 332 ISSN 2256-0939

Pagination

p. 10–19

Other Subjects

Efficacite; Economia de la produccion; Analisis de datos; Datos estadisticos; Analyse de donnees; Modelos matematicos; Modele mathematique; Economie de production; Donnee statistique; Paises de la union europea; Productivite; Pays de l'union europeenne

Language

English

Note

Summary (En)

3 tables, 4 fig., 24 ref.

Continues edition: Proceedings of the Latvia University of Agriculture, ISSN 2255-8535 (Online), ISSN 1407-4427 (Print)

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Web Site; As

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