Heifer Retention Program in the Pantanal: a study with data envelopment analysis (DEA) and Malmquist index

Heifer Retention Program in the Pantanal: a study with data envelopment analysis (DEA) and Malmquist index

The objective of this study was to propose Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) models and non-parametric Malmquist indexes to evaluate the efficiency of 11 livestock farms in the Pantanal region. These farms took out a loan from 'Fundo Constitucional de Financiamento do Centro-Oeste' - FCO (Co...

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Main Authors: Urbano Gomes Pinto de Abreu, Eliane Gonçalves Gomes, João Carlos Correia Baptista Soares de Mello, Sandra Aparecida Santos, Dalton Francisco Catto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 2012-08-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
Subjects:
cattle business
efficiency
production system
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982012000800019

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