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How effective is a fat subsidy? Evidence from edible oil consumption in India 高额补贴的效果如何？来自印度食用油消费的证据

IF 3.4 2区经济学

Journal of Agricultural Economics Pub Date : 2022-10-05 DOI: 10.1111/1477-9552.12510

Jaya Jumrani, J. V. Meenakshi

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Energy productivity and greenhouse gas emission intensity in Dutch dairy farms: A Hicks–Moorsteen by-production approach under non-convexity and convexity with equivalence results 荷兰奶牛场的能源生产率和温室气体排放强度:非凸性和凸性条件下的Hicks-Moorsteen按产量方法

IF 3.4 2区经济学

Journal of Agricultural Economics Pub Date : 2022-10-04 DOI: 10.1111/1477-9552.12511

Frederic Ang, Kristiaan Kerstens, Jafar Sadeghi

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New plant engineering techniques, R&D investment and international trade 新工厂工程技术、研发投资和国际贸易

IF 3.4 2区经济学

Journal of Agricultural Economics Pub Date : 2022-10-03 DOI: 10.1111/1477-9552.12516

Stéphan Marette, Anne-Célia Disdier, Anastasia Bodnar, John Beghin

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Group heterogeneity and the economic effect of farmer organisation participation: Empirical evidence from Taiwan 群体异质性与农民组织参与的经济效应:来自台湾的经验证据

IF 3.4 2区经济学

Journal of Agricultural Economics Pub Date : 2022-09-29 DOI: 10.1111/1477-9552.12515

Min-Han Tsai, Yir-Hueih Luh

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Unconstrained trade: The impact of EU cage bans on exports of poultry-keeping equipment 无限制贸易：欧盟笼禁对家禽饲养设备出口的影响

IF 3.4 2区经济学

Journal of Agricultural Economics Pub Date : 2022-09-22 DOI: 10.1111/1477-9552.12513

Shon M. Ferguson

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Mismeasurement and efficiency estimates: Evidence from smallholder survey data in Africa 计量错误和效率估计:来自非洲小农调查数据的证据

IF 3.4 2区经济学

Journal of Agricultural Economics Pub Date : 2022-09-22 DOI: 10.2499/p15738coll2.134983

K. Abay, T. Wossen, J. Chamberlin

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Mismeasurement and efficiency estimates: Evidence from smallholder survey data in Africa 错误计量和效率估计：来自非洲小农户调查数据的证据

IF 3.4 2区经济学

Journal of Agricultural Economics Pub Date : 2022-09-22 DOI: 10.1111/1477-9552.12514

Kibrom A. Abay, Tesfamicheal Wossen, Jordan Chamberlin

{"title":"Mismeasurement and efficiency estimates: Evidence from smallholder survey data in Africa","authors":"Kibrom A. Abay, Tesfamicheal Wossen, Jordan Chamberlin","doi":"10.1111/1477-9552.12514","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1477-9552.12514","url":null,"abstract":"Smallholder agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa is commonly characterised by high levels of technical inefficiency. However, much of this characterisation relies on self-reported input and production data, which are prone to systematic measurement error. We show theoretically that non-classical measurement error introduces multiple identification challenges and sources of bias in estimating smallholders' technical inefficiency. We then empirically examine the implications of measurement error for the estimation of technical inefficiency using smallholder farm survey data from Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria and Tanzania. We find that measurement error in agricultural input and production data leads to a substantial upward bias in technical inefficiency estimates (by up to 85% for some farmers). Our results suggest that existing estimates of technical efficiency in sub-Saharan Africa may be severe underestimates of smallholders' actual efficiency and what is commonly attributed to farmer inefficiency may be an artefact of mismeasurement in agricultural data. Our results raise questions about the received wisdom on African smallholders' production efficiency and prior estimates of the productivity of agricultural inputs. Improving the measurement of agricultural data can improve our understanding of smallholders' production efficiencies and improve the targeting of productivity-enhancing technologies.","PeriodicalId":14994,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agricultural Economics","volume":"74 2","pages":"413-434"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2022-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50153467","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Estimating persistent and transient technical efficiency and their determinants in the presence of heterogeneity and endogeneity 异质性和内生性条件下持续技术效率和瞬时技术效率及其决定因素的估计

IF 3.4 2区经济学

Journal of Agricultural Economics Pub Date : 2022-09-18 DOI: 10.1111/1477-9552.12512

Raushan Bokusheva, Lukáš Čechura, Subal C. Kumbhakar

{"title":"Estimating persistent and transient technical efficiency and their determinants in the presence of heterogeneity and endogeneity","authors":"Raushan Bokusheva, Lukáš Čechura, Subal C. Kumbhakar","doi":"10.1111/1477-9552.12512","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1477-9552.12512","url":null,"abstract":"We develop an estimation procedure that generates consistent estimates of the technology parameters, long-run (persistent) and short-run (transient) technical inefficiencies and the marginal effects of their determinants for the stochastic frontier model developed by Colombi et al. (2014, Journal of Productivity Analysis 42, 123) and Kumbhakar et al. (2014, Journal of Productivity Analysis 41, 321). Our approach accounts for three sources of potential endogeneity: (i) unobserved heterogeneity; (ii) simultaneity of input use with both types of technical efficiency; (iii) potential correlation of the noise term with the regressors. Using this approach we examine the effect of direct payments and farm size on the persistent and transient technical efficiency of French crop farms before and after the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy decoupling reform of 2003. Our results show that subsidy payments per hectare of utilised agricultural land had a significant positive effect on persistent technical efficiency and a significant negative effect on transient technical efficiency during the period before decoupling. For the period after the reform, the effect of subsidies is found to be significantly negative for persistent technical efficiency and insignificant for transient technical efficiency. The overall effect of subsidies on technical efficiency is found to be negative in both periods, albeit substantially lower in the period after decoupling. The effect of farm size on technical efficiency is found to be significant only for the period prior to the reform: it reduced persistent technical inefficiency but increased transient technical inefficiency during that period.","PeriodicalId":14994,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agricultural Economics","volume":"74 2","pages":"450-472"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2022-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1477-9552.12512","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46485108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Farm technical and environmental efficiency and subsidy redistribution in Ireland: A simulation approach of possible performance and equity effects 爱尔兰农业技术和环境效率与补贴再分配：可能的绩效和公平效应的模拟方法

IF 3.4 2区经济学

Journal of Agricultural Economics Pub Date : 2022-09-12 DOI: 10.1111/1477-9552.12509

Maria Martinez Cillero, Miguel Tovar Reaños

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The role of family life-cycle events on persistent and transient inefficiencies in less favoured areas 家庭生命周期事件对不太受青睐地区持续和短暂低效的影响

IF 3.4 2区经济学

Journal of Agricultural Economics Pub Date : 2022-09-09 DOI: 10.1111/1477-9552.12506

Andrew P. Barnes

{"title":"The role of family life-cycle events on persistent and transient inefficiencies in less favoured areas","authors":"Andrew P. Barnes","doi":"10.1111/1477-9552.12506","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1477-9552.12506","url":null,"abstract":"Family farms dominate less favoured areas (LFAs) within Europe, and family life-cycle conditions, such as succession and retirement, affects how these farms adapt to changing circumstances. Past studies of on-farm technical efficiency have not directly addressed these conditions, but they may explain why some farms are more efficient than others, especially as the farm family model dominates most farming systems. Motivated by the UK's withdrawal from the EU and the debate around establishing replacement support policies, we apply a multi-step model to measure both transient and persistent inefficiencies using a panel of LFA cattle and sheep farms in Scotland over the period 2003–2020. We find a greater prevalence of persistent compared to transient inefficiency, which suggests that structural problems still exist. Farms with planned succession are found to have higher persistent efficiencies, whereas farmers nearing retirement have lower levels. Other factors, such as dependence on subsidy, off-farm activity and classification as severely disadvantaged tend to compound these lower efficiencies. We argue that life-cycle conditions should not be ignored in studies of farm technical efficiency. Within the scope of framing a new agricultural policy for UK administrations, these results inform the debate on support for LFAs, as well as the promotion of support towards generational renewal to ease transition across farm family life-cycle events.","PeriodicalId":14994,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agricultural Economics","volume":"74 1","pages":"295-315"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2022-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1477-9552.12506","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41847303","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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