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Análise de Eficiência das Empresas Agrícolas do Pólo Petrolina/Juazeiro Utilizando a Fronteira Paramétrica Translog

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  • Barros, Emanoel de Souza
  • Costa, Ecio de Farias
  • Sampaio, Yony

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The irrigation programs started in the late 60’s were chiefly responsible for the impressive development occurred in the Petrolina/Juazeiro areas. Along with irrigation, came some agricultural enterprises that had been previously dedicated to other economic activities such as extensive cattle production. The main hypothesis of this study is that modern technology used in irrigation, combined with input usage, allow for a production level near or at the production frontier. Preliminary studies concluded that there is heterogeneity among enterprises, where similar technological packages are used and fruit production is the dominant production. Therefore, this study analyzes technical efficiency of agricultural enterprises in the studied area using a Translog function model to attain an efficient frontier. Results show that the model has significant efficiency scores. The comparative analysis among main irrigation areas shows that most of the efficient firms are located in the government delimited irrigation areas of Nilo Coelho and Maniçoba or outside delimited irrigation areas.

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  • Barros, Emanoel de Souza & Costa, Ecio de Farias & Sampaio, Yony, 2004. "Análise de Eficiência das Empresas Agrícolas do Pólo Petrolina/Juazeiro Utilizando a Fronteira Paramétrica Translog," Brazilian Journal of Rural Economy and Sociology (Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural-RESR), Sociedade Brasileira de Economia e Sociologia Rural, vol. 42(4), pages 1-18, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:rdecag:156090
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.156090
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    1. Juliana de Sales Silva, 2021. "Technical Efficiency and Public Policies in Agriculture: An Analysis for the Eastern Amazon Region," Ensayos de Economía 19349, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Medellín.
    2. Gabriel A. Sampaio Morais & Felipe F. Silva & Carlos Otávio de Freitas & Marcelo José Braga, 2021. "Irrigation, Technical Efficiency, and Farm Size: The Case of Brazil," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-21, January.

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