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Econometric Estimation of Technical and Environmental Efficiency: An Application to Dutch Dairy Farms

Year: 1999

Type: article

Abstract: In this article we estimate the technical and environmental efficiency of a panel of Dutch dairy farms. Nitrogen surplus, arising from the application of excessive amounts of manure and chemical fertilizer, is treated as an environmentally detrimental input. A stochastic translog production frontier is specified to estimate the output‐oriented technical efficiency. Environmental efficiency is estimated as the input‐oriented technical efficiency of a single input, the nitrogen surplus of each farm. The mean output‐oriented technical efficiency is rather high, 0.894, but the mean input‐oriented environmental efficiency is only 0.441. Intensive dairy farms are both technically and environmentally more efficient than extensive farms.

Source: American Journal of Agricultural Economics

DOI: 10.2307/1244449

Authors: Stijn Reinhard, C.A. Knox Lovell, Geert Thijssen

Institutions: University of Georgia, Wageningen University & Research

Language: English

Topic: Efficiency Analysis Using DEA

Subfield: Management Science and Operations Research

Field: Decision Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Responsible consumption and production, Zero hunger

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2089522527

FWCI: 15.19

Cites: 22

Cited by: 562

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