ANÁLISE DE EFICIÊNCIA DOS PRODUTORES DE LEITE DO MUNICÍPIO DE ROLIM DE MOURA, NO ESTADO DE RONDÔNIA ANALYSIS OF PERFORMANCE OF THE MILK PRODUCERS OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF ROLIM DE MOURA, RONDONIA STATE

This study aims to evaluate the relative efficiency by the method known as Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) of small farms producing milk in the city of Rolim de Moura - RO. These properties were analyzed and classified as efficient or inefficient. The methodology allows the knowledge of the relative technical efficiency among small producers in the county and then identify the factors that explain this efficiency. The results indicated that small producers have technical inefficiency. It is noticed that many improvements are needed for the dairy in the town of Rolim de Moura would be more efficient in the use of inputs, especially the increase of technological level, such as technical assistance, leading to the producer milk technique to best use the available factors of production. It is understood also that the increase in volume of production can not occur simply by the expansion of existing production systems.