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Stochastic Frontier approach and Data Envelopment Analysis to Total Factor Productivity and efficiency measurement of Bangladeshi rice. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
The objective of this paper is to apply the Translog Stochastic Frontier production model (SFA) and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to estimate efficiencies over time and the Total Factor Productivity (TFP) growth rate for Bangladeshi rice crops (Aus ...
Md Kamrul Hossain, Anton Abdulbasah Kamil, Md Azizul Baten, Adli Mustafa   +3 more
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The Inverse Lewbel Demand System

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 1994
A new model of consumer preferences is introduced. It is appropriate for modeling perishable commodities which are produced with a lag, where it is reasonable to assume the market-level quantities are fixed by previously made production decisions.
James S. Eales
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Factors affecting technical efficiency scores estimated for the cotton sector of the Harran plain in Turkiye: A stochastic frontier analysis

ITEGAM-JETIA, 2023
The current study deals with the technical efficiency of cotton farmers operating on the Harran Plain of Turkiye with an application to the two well-known stochastic approaches, i.e., the Cobb-Douglas and the translog stochastic frontier production ...
Tamer Işgın, Remziye Özel, Abdulbaki Bilgiç, Mehmet Reşit Sevinç   +3 more
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When Flexible Forms Are Asked to Flex Too Much

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 1994
Taylor series-based flexible forms cannot be interpreted as Taylor series approximations unless all data used in estimation lie in a region of convergence.
Paul J. Driscoll
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Effective factors on variations of wheat production in climatic regions of Fars province [PDF]

تحقیقات کاربردی علوم جغرافیایی, 2020
In an agricultural system, crop production is related to climatic conditions. Therefore, a deeper understanding of the impact of regional climate change on production ensures global food security.
leyla sharifi, saeed bazgeer, hosain mohmmadi, alireza darbaneh astaneh, mostafa karimi ahmadabad   +4 more
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Financial efficiency analysis of Hungarian agriculture, fisheries and forestry sector

Agricultural Economics (AGRICECON), 2022
In this study, we examine the efficiency of companies in Hungary's agriculture, fisheries and forestry sector. We analysed corporate efficiency by using stochastic frontier analysis (SFA).
Veronika Fenyves, Tibor Tarnóczi, Zoltán Bács, Dóra Kerezsi, Péter Bajnai, Mihály Szoboszlai   +5 more
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Value-based food chains as an opportunity to improve the economic situation of dairy farms: a translog profit function approach

Mljekarstvo, 2018
This paper utilizes available data sets and a single translog profit function to examine the performance of dairy farms operating in mountain and lowland areas, respectively.
Jernej Prišenk, Ivo Grgić, Magdalena Zrakić, Jernej Turk   +3 more
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How Successful is the Mediation of Specialized Knowledge? - The Use of Thinking-aloud Protocols and Log Files of Reverbalization Processes as a Method in Comprehensibility Research

Hermes, 2006
Since the publication of Ericsson’s and Simon’s book Protocol Analysis: Verbal Reports as Data in 1984, thinking-aloud has found its way into the exploration of (interlingual) translation processes. To gain deeper insight into translation processes, the
Susanne Göpferich
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First records of a new Europe’s southernmost glacier found in Southern Albania [PDF]

Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society
Several perennial snow and ice bodies have been recently studied and monitored in three mountain massifs across the Balkan Peninsula: Prokletije (Northern Albania), Durmitor (Montenegro) and Pirin (Bulgaria), the two glacierets in the Pirin Mountains ...
Emil Gachev, Erald Meshini, Simeon Matev, Martin Iliev, Georgi Gachev, Maria Gacheva   +5 more
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Technical efficiency impact of microfinance on small scale resettled sugar cane farmers in Zimbabwe

Cogent Economics & Finance, 2022
The main objective of the study was to investigate the impact of microfinance on smallholder resettled sugarcane farmers’ productivity and technical efficiency. The study evaluated the impact of microfinance on technical efficiency of resettled sugarcane
Simion Matsvai, Abbissynia Mushunje, Simbarashe Tatsvarei   +2 more
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