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Greenhouse gas emissions and efficiency in French sheep meat farming: A non-parametric framework of pollution-adjusted technologies

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  • K Hervé Dakpo
  • Philippe Jeanneaux
  • Laure Latruffe

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Our paper evaluates the efficiency adjusted for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for sheep meat breeding farms in French grassland areas during 1987–2013. The results show that by modifying the mix of polluting inputs farmers could, on average, offset more than 35% of their total inefficiency. The computation of shadow prices with an innovative approach reveals that, while prices for carbon dioxide and methane range within acceptable levels, the price of nitrous oxide is exorbitant. This suggests that, if policy-makers intend to encourage farmers to reduce this type of pollution, policy measures should be accompanied by sufficient subsidies to compensate farmers or other incentives aiming at nitrous oxide reduction.

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  • K Hervé Dakpo & Philippe Jeanneaux & Laure Latruffe, 2017. "Greenhouse gas emissions and efficiency in French sheep meat farming: A non-parametric framework of pollution-adjusted technologies," European Review of Agricultural Economics, Oxford University Press and the European Agricultural and Applied Economics Publications Foundation, vol. 44(1), pages 33-65.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:erevae:v:44:y:2017:i:1:p:33-65.
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    by-production approach; non-parametric models; shadow prices; greenhouse gas emissions; French sheep meat farming;
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    JEL classification:

    • C61 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Optimization Techniques; Programming Models; Dynamic Analysis
    • Q12 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
    • Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling

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