Aquaculture farms' efficiency may be different across regions due to spatial variation in their
production environment. Thus, if efficiency is measured and compared without accounting …

This paper compares technical efficiencies (TEs) and technological gap ratios (TGRs) for
dairy farms in regions of Norway, accounting for differences in working environments. We …

Metafrontier-based methodologies have gained in popularity to assess the technology gaps
of Decision Making Units (DMUs). One important indicator in this context is the technology …

Este livro procura elucidar o que revelam os dados do levantamento censitário de 2017. A
obra é composta por cinco seções: i) produção e renda; ii) produtividade e inovação; iii) …

ABSTRACT A meta-analysis is substantial for integrating the findings of all related studies
into one consistent research to establish a knowledge bank of a common issue. Although …

In developing countries, irrigation can help to decrease poverty in rural areas through
increased employment in the agricultural sector. Evidence shows that irrigation may …

The concept of meta-frontier has been proposed in order to deal with group heterogeneity
among entities for nonparametric efficiency analysis. In brief, the meta-frontier is defined as …

In recent years, the traditionally pasture‐based dairy farms in New Zealand have become
more intensive by using higher proportions of supplementary feed. This trend has been …

Over the last two decades there have been significant and well‐documented changes in the
nature and structure of New Zealand dairy production. One particular feature has been a …

This paper evaluates the performance of maize farmers in three agroecological zones in
Ghana. A metafrontier model is used to estimate the average technical efficiencies and …