Efficiency Measures in the Agricultural Sector: With Applications

Part I Efficiency Measures and Methods 1 Efficiency Measures in the Agricultural Sector: The Beginning Emiliana Silva, Armando Mendes and Jorge Santos 2 Review of Frontier Models and Efficiency Analysis: A Parametric Approach Ana Sampaio 3 Introduction to Data Envelopment Analysis Jorge Santos, Elsa Rosario Negas and Luis Cavique Santos 4 Superefficiency and Multiplier Adjustment in Data Envelopment Analysis Jorge Santos, Luis Cavique Santos, Armando Mendes Part II Farm Efficiency Applications 5 An Application of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) in Azores Dairy Farms Emiliana Silva, Amilcar Arzubi and Julio Berbel 6 Animal Grazing System Efficiency Emiliana Silva, Carlos Santos and Armando Mendes 7 Technical Efficiency of the Spanish Dairy Processing Industry: Do Size and Exporting Matter? Magdalena Kapelko and Alfons Oude Lansink 8 Inefficiency in Animal Production - A Parametric Approach Emiliana Silva and Fatima Venancio 9 Azorean Agriculture Efficiency by PAR Armando B Mendes, Veska Noncheva and Emiliana Silva 10 Sustainable Tourism and Agriculture Multifunctionality by PAR: A Variable Selection Approach Armando Mendes, Veska Noncheva and Emiliana Silva 11 The Importance of Subsidies in Azorean Dairy Farms Efficiency Emiliana Silva and Eusebio Marote 12 Multi-Ouput Technical Efficiency in the Olive Oil Industry and its Relation to the Form of Business Organisation Rafaela Dios-Palomares, Jose M. Martinez-Paz and Angel Prieto 13 Efficiency Assessment: Final Remarks Jorge Santos, Emiliana Silva and Armando Mendes Index