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https://doi.org/10.5513/JCEA01/18.4.1964
Factors affecting the technical efficiency of dairy farms in Kosovo
Egzon BAJRAMI
; Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Arkansas, 217 Agriculture Building, Fayetteville, AR 72701
Eric J. WAILES
; Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Arkansas, 217 Agriculture Building, Fayetteville, AR 72701
Bruce L. DIXON
; Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Arkansas, 217 Agriculture Building, Fayetteville, AR 72701
Arben MUSLIU
orcid.org/0000-0002-6560-3801
; Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary, University of Prishtina “Hasan Prishtina”, Boulevard
Alvaro DURAND-MORAT
; Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Arkansas, 217 Agriculture Building, Fayetteville, AR 72701
Sažetak
A possible accession into the World Trade Organization (WTO) and an expected membership in the European Union raise significant opportunities and challenges for the agricultural sector in Kosovo. As a result of these changes, the sector will have to improve efficiency and competitiveness. This research is motivated by the need to understand better the forces that drive competitiveness in the Kosovo dairy sector. This study estimates the technical efficiency (TE) of 243 dairy farms in Kosovo and relates TE variation to farm size and other primary determinants of TE. A stochastic frontier production function is estimated using a two-stage procedure. Results reveal that concentrate feed intake, land use per cow, and the number of days cows had been kept on pasture have statistically significant impacts on milk productivity per cow. The mean technical efficiency of dairy farms was estimated at 0.72. The major determinants that increase efficiency are breed improvement, intensification of corn production on the farm, improving concentrate feed intake, and using free-range production systems. Given the results from the technical efficiency analysis, it is crucial for the Government of Kosovo to redesign their dairy policy—specifically their grant investment schemes—and target assistance on improving national herd genetics, promoting free range systems and expanding area planted in corn.
Ključne riječi
dairy farm; frontier; Kosovo; policy; technical efficiency
Hrčak ID:
189835
URI
Datum izdavanja:
1.12.2017.
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