Measuring Efficiencies of Dairy Buffalo Farms in the Philippines Using Data Envelopment Analysis

This study aimed to measure the efficiency scores of 75 dairy buffalo farms in province Nueva Ecija, Central Luzon, Philippines, using an input-oriented, variable-return-to-scale Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) model. The farmer-informants or decision-making units (DMUs) were categorized as smallholders, family modules, and semi-commercial operations. Personal interviews structured questionnaires done gather various information on socio-economic management practices DMUs. Output form volume value milk produced inputs such quantities costs biologics, feeds, forage, labor also collected evaluated among individual computed PIM-DEA software, which identified fully efficient DMUs lying frontier line (scores 1.0) those enveloped by it (inefficient with less than 1.0). overall mean Technical Efficiency (TE), Allocative (AE), Economic (EE) 0.80, 0.81, 0.65, respectively. Most inefficient smallholder category. In sum, classified under low moderate TE clusters should reduce their 53.31% 40.01%, respectively, become efficient. Likewise, higher lambda values peer indicate best practice frontiers that can benchmark with. Extension advisory services help promote improve TE, AE, EE