Productive Efficiency in Small Peasant and Capitalist Farms. Empirical Evidece Using DEA

RAMIRO RODRGUEZ SPERAT; RAUL GUSTAVO PAZ; ROBLEDO, C.W.

World Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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Año: 2008 vol. 4 p. 583 - 583

1817-3047

ifferent regions and sectors of the Argentinean society depend on the consolidation of certain nontraditional productive chains; as a consequence, it would be necessary to achieve a productive transformation which allows a competitive participation of small agro industries in the dynamic markets. Efficiency has an essential role here. The caprine dairy sector in the province of Santiago del Estero constitutes an interesting case of study since, in spite of its competitive potential; it could not yet introduce its products into more dynamic markets than those of the province or region. This work aims to study the relative efficiency of the farms of the provincial caprine dairy area and to investigate about the relationship between efficiency and the main productive characteristics and styles of production. For the investigation, a mathematical programming technique known as Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) was used on the grounds of data provided by the interviews carried out in each fa