In this paper recent developments in the estimation of frontier functions and the
measurement of efficiency are surveyed, and the potential applicability of these methods in …

This article reviews and critiques the frontier literature dealing with farm level efficiency in
developing countries. A total of 30 studies from 14 different countries are examined. The …

In recent years there has been an exponential growth in the number of publications related
to theory and applications of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Charnes, Cooper, and …

Global grain production has increased dramatically during the past 50years, mainly as a
consequence of intensified land management and introduction of new technologies. For the …

A meta-regression analysis including 167 farm level technical efficiency (TE) studies of
developing and developed countries was undertaken. The econometric results suggest that …

This paper presents measures of technical (TE), economic (EE), and allocative (AE)
efficiency for a sample of sixty peasant farmers in the Dajabon region of the Dominican …

Technical, allocative and economic efficiency measures arc derived for a sample of swine
producers in Hawaii using the parametric stochastic efficiency decomposition technique and …

A meta‐analysis is performed to review empirical estimates of technical efficiency (TE) in
developing country agriculture. The objective of the study is to contribute to a better …

Agricultural research and extension programs have been built in most of the world's
economies. A substantial number of economic impact studies evaluating the contributions of …

A data envelopment analysis of a sample of 76 Nepalese rice farmers reveals average
relative economic, allocative, technical, pure technical and scale inefficiencies as 34, 13, 24 …