A DEA-based Evaluation of Latin America and the Caribbean Agricultural Environmental Performance under the Assumption of Natural and Managerial Efficiency

This study uses the Data Envelopment Analysis to measure the agricultural environmental performance under the assumption of natural and managerial disposability, but also evaluates the Returns to Scale and Damages to Scale in Latin America and the Caribbean during 2012. Seven agricultural variables...

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Autores: Moreno-Moreno, Juan-Javier, Sanz Díaz, María Teresa, Velasco Morente, Francisco, Ludena, Carlos E.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/76207
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/76207
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Agricultural
Environmental
Efficiency
DEA
Agricultura
Medioambiente
Eficiencia
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Sumario:This study uses the Data Envelopment Analysis to measure the agricultural environmental performance under the assumption of natural and managerial disposability, but also evaluates the Returns to Scale and Damages to Scale in Latin America and the Caribbean during 2012. Seven agricultural variables are analyzed: animal feed, fertilizers, capital stock, labor, land, value of the gross agricultural production and agricultural emissions (CO2eq). The results found that the Bahamas, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica and Mexico attained the maximum efficiency level in all efficiency measurements. These countries present the best performances compared with the other countries evaluated