Technical Efficiency Measures for Dairy Farms Based on a Probabilistic Frontler Function Model
- 13 November 1986
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie
- Vol. 34 (3) , 399-415
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7976.1986.tb02220.x
Abstract
This study reports measures of technical efficiency in milk production based on a probabilistic frontier production function model of the Cobb‐Douglas type. Technical efficiency ranges between 57–69 and 100.00 percent with a mean of 82.17 percent. The results suggest that the same volume of milk produced by the farms in the sample could have been achieved with approximately 18 percent fewer resources if all farms would have operated at 100 percent technical efficiency. A major conclusion of the study is that although economies of size are slightly greater than one, farm size and technical efficiency are statistically independent variables.Cette étude rapporte des mesures d'efficacité technique en matière de production de lait basées sur un modèle de la production frontière probabilistique de genre Cobb‐Douglas. L'efficacité technique varie entre 57.69 pourcent et 100 pourcent avec une moyenne de 82.17 pourcent. Les résultats suggèrent que le volume de lait produit par les fermiers dans l'échantillon aurait pu être accompli avec environ 18 pourcent moins de ressources si tous les fermiers auraient óperé a 100 pourcent d'efficacité technique. Une des conclusions majeures est que meme si les économies d'échelle réalisées se trouvent légèrement plus importantes que l'unité, la grandeur de la ferme et l'efficacité technique sont des variables indépendentes en termes statistiques.Keywords
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