Efficiency Measures in the Agricultural Sector

1. Efficiency Measures in the Agricultural Sector: The Beginning
Emiliana Silva, Armando B. Mendes, Jorge Santos

2. Review of Frontier Models and Efficiency Analysis: A Parametric Approach
Ana Sampaio

3. Introduction to Data Envelopment Analysis
Jorge Santos, Elsa Rosário Negas, Luís Cavique Santos

4. Superefficiency and Multiplier Adjustment in Data Envelopment Analysis
Jorge Santos, Luís Cavique Santos, Armando B. Mendes

5. An Application of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) in Azores Dairy Farms
Emiliana Silva, Amílcar Arzubi, Julio Berbel

6. Animal Grazing System Efficiency
Emiliana Silva, Carlos Santos, Armando B. Mendes

7. Technical Efficiency of the Spanish Dairy Processing Industry: Do Size and Exporting Matter?
Magdalena Kapelko, Alfons Oude Lansink

8. Inefficiency in Animal Production: A Parametric Approach
Emiliana Silva, Fátima Venâncio

9. Azorean Agriculture Efficiency by PAR
Armando B. Mendes, Veska Noncheva, Emiliana Silva

10. Sustainable Tourism and Agriculture Multifunctionality by PAR: A Variable Selection Approach
Armando B. Mendes, Veska Noncheva, Emiliana Silva

11. The Importance of Subsidies in Azorean Dairy Farms’ Efficiency
Emiliana Silva, Eusébio Marote

12. Multi-output Technical Efficiency in the Olive Oil Industry and Its Relation to the Form of Business Organisation
Rafaela Dios-Palomares, José M. Martínez-Paz, Angel Prieto

13. Efficiency Assessment: Final Remarks
Jorge Santos, Emiliana Silva, Armando B. Mendes

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