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Rangeland cattle production in Uruguay: Single-output versus multi-output efficiency measures

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  • García-Suárez, Federico
  • Pérez-Quesada, Gabriela
  • Molina, Carlos

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[EN] Rangeland cattle production is the largest agricultural sector of Uruguay. Ranches pro-duce up to three products (beef, sheep-meat, and wool) usually combined into an equivalent meat (EM) index. The objective is to compare the empirical results from the estimation of a single output stochastic production frontier (SPF) and a multi-output stochastic ray frontier (SRF) to provide insights on the use of the EM index to evaluate ranches performance. Results show similar efficiency scores. The average level of TE is 0.769 for the SPF and 0.779 for the SRF. We cannot discard EM index as a simple measure of combined production. [ES] La producción ganadera es el principal sector económico del Uruguay. Los establecimien-tos producen hasta tres productos (carne vacuna, ovina y lana) usualmente reportados en un indicador de carne equivalente. El objetivo es comparar resultados empíricos de una estimación con frontera estocástica de producción (SPF) y una frontera estocástica de rayo multiproducto (SRF) para aportar información en el uso del indicador para evaluar el desempeño de los establecimientos. Las estimaciones de ET son muy similares, 0,769 (SPF) y 0,779 (SRF), indicando que no hay evidencia suficiente para no usar el indicador de carne equivalente para evaluar el desempeño de la ganadería.

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  • García-Suárez, Federico & Pérez-Quesada, Gabriela & Molina, Carlos, 2022. "Rangeland cattle production in Uruguay: Single-output versus multi-output efficiency measures," Economia Agraria y Recursos Naturales, Spanish Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 22(01), June.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:earnsa:329177
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.329177
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    1. Gatti, Nicolas & Lema, Daniel & Brescia, Victor, 2015. "A Meta-Frontier Approach to Measuring Technical Efficiency and Technology Gaps in Beef Cattle Production in Argentina," 2015 Conference, August 9-14, 2015, Milan, Italy 211647, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
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