Economic versus environmental improvement potentials of Danish pig farms
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Economic versus environmental improvement potentials of Danish pig farms. / Asmild, Mette; Hougaard, Jens Leth.
I: Agricultural Economics, Bind 35, Nr. 2, 2006, s. 171-181.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Economic versus environmental improvement potentials of Danish pig farms
AU - Asmild, Mette
AU - Hougaard, Jens Leth
N1 - JEL Classification: C14, D24, Q12
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - This article demonstrates how economic and environmental improvement potentials of Danish pig farms can be estimated using Data envelopment analysis (DEA). To avoid some of the problems associated with the definition of undesirable outputs, environmental variables are included as nutrients applied with manure and nutrients removed with the crops. These environmental variables are combined with a series of economic variables, including the costs of fertilizer. Furthermore, subvector efficiency and a two-step analysis are used in order to consider economic and environmental (technical) efficiency separately. The empirical results show considerable improvement potentials, especially on the environmental variables. Sensitivity studies validate that these results are robust to possible uncertainties in the measurement of the environmental variables
AB - This article demonstrates how economic and environmental improvement potentials of Danish pig farms can be estimated using Data envelopment analysis (DEA). To avoid some of the problems associated with the definition of undesirable outputs, environmental variables are included as nutrients applied with manure and nutrients removed with the crops. These environmental variables are combined with a series of economic variables, including the costs of fertilizer. Furthermore, subvector efficiency and a two-step analysis are used in order to consider economic and environmental (technical) efficiency separately. The empirical results show considerable improvement potentials, especially on the environmental variables. Sensitivity studies validate that these results are robust to possible uncertainties in the measurement of the environmental variables
U2 - 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2006.00150.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2006.00150.x
M3 - Journal article
VL - 35
SP - 171
EP - 181
JO - Agricultural Economics
JF - Agricultural Economics
SN - 0169-5150
IS - 2
ER -
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