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Revoredo-Giha, Cesar; Leat, Philip M.K.; Milne, Catherine E.. |
One of the aims of the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is to increase the competitiveness of farmers through increasing their exposure to markets. An aspect of competitiveness is the gains in economic efficiency. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to estimate indicators of farm efficiency for the period 1989 to 2008 by farm type and to analyse what the effect on efficiency of changes in the CAP has been. In terms of the methodology, the information used comes from the Scottish Farm Account Scheme (FAS) survey, which allows us to assemble panel dataset and to construct cost efficiency indicators. The results indicate while mixed farms and lowland farms have maintain their levels of efficiency. LFA farms have seen their efficiency reduced... |
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Farm efficiency; Stochastic cost frontier; Scottish agriculture; Farm Management. |
Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109398 |
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Revoredo-Giha, Cesar; Leat, Philip M.K.. |
It is recognised that following the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) farmers may go through a period of transition where they evaluate the different production alternatives available to them according to their existing situation, expectations and preferences. Drawing on a survey of Scottish beef and sheep producers undertaken in mid-2006, the purpose of this paper is to analyse the preferences of producers in relation to a number of possible economic strategies for production adjustment following CAP reform. The results show that the nature of adjustment is still uncertain, reflected in the high numbers of farmers that do not know what strategy to follow or that will maintain the same production levels despite the reform. However, a sizable... |
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Scottish agriculture; Single farm payment; Red meat producers.; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q18.. |
Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44844 |
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