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Why considering technological heterogeneity is important for evaluating farm performance?

Published:2021-02-18 Issue:2 Volume:48 Page:415-445
ISSN:0165-1587
Container-title:European Review of Agricultural Economics
language:en
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Author:

Renner Swetlana¹,Sauer Johannes²,El Benni Nadja¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Agroscope, Ettenhausen, Switzerland

2. Technical University of Munich, Germany

Abstract

Abstract A split-panel latent class stochastic frontier model is applied to account for technological heterogeneity among Swiss dairy farms and to assess the potential performance improvements through technology choice and change over 11 years. Three technology classes with substantially different productivity levels are identified considering the unobserved and observed farm characteristics. Technologies seem on average well adapted to local natural production conditions with low potential for efficiency and productivity increases. Few farms changed technology over time and either an intensification or extensification strategy was observed. Policymakers must be aware of the interlinkages between technology choices and the economic situation of farms.

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Economics and Econometrics,Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)

Link

http://academic.oup.com/erae/article-pdf/48/2/415/36507698/jbab003.pdf

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