Improving agricultural economic efficiency in Brazil

Economic Efficiency of Agricultural Production In Brazil

This study measures levels of technical, allocative and economic efficiency in agricultural crop production for Brazil in 1995. A nonparametric frontier model (DEA) under constant returns to scale was used. On average, the results suggest that the sector suffers from moderate technical inefficiency and from strong allocative inefficiency. If full technical efficiency were achieved, the crop pro...

Mobile Solution for Improving Operational Efficiency in Agricultural Sector

India is the second populous country in the world with more than 70% of the population living in rural area, 60% of India’s 1.1 billion populations living off agriculture which contributes to 17% of the Indian economy. The main resource for the agriculture is timely and adequate supply of water and electricity. Nearly 20% of the farmers in India are dependent on electric water pumps for irrigat...

A Study on Energy Efficiency and Economic Productivity of New Zealand’s Agricultural Sector

The realization of sustainable development depends on the efficient use of energy resources. Energy consumption productivity and efficiency are among important indices that play a critical role in explaining the behavior of energy consumption structure of different economic sectors, which in turn, plays a key role in policy making. From among economic sectors, the agriculture sector, as an impo...

Efficiency of superabsorbents in improving water productivity

Agricultural residues and various other materials are currently being used as additives to improve the physical and chemical properties of soil. Iran is located in an arid and semiarid region, so using strategies to reduce water use will reduce the problem water scarcity. The use of superabsorbent to increase water uptake and retention is one of the solutions that have been applied to improve w...

Energy Efficiency in Agricultural Equipment