Title:	Efficiency and sustainability assessment for a group of farmers in the Brazilian Amazon.
Authors:	GOMES, E. G. MELLO, J. C. C. B. S. de SOUZA, G. da S. e MEZA, L. A. MANGABEIRA, J. A. de C.
Affiliation:	ELIANE GONCALVES GOMES, SGE; João Carlos Correia Baptista Soares de Mello, CNPq; GERALDO DA SILVA E SOUZA, SGE; LIDIA ANGULO MEZA, UFF; JOAO ALFREDO DE CARVALHO MANGABEIRA, CNPM.
Date Issued:	2009
Citation:	Annals of Operations Research, v. 169, n. 1, p. 167-181, 2009.
Description:	The aim of this paper is to use DEA models to evaluate sustainability in agriculture. Several variables are taken into account and the resulting efficiency is measured by comparison. The performance of family farms is analyzed here (variables: farmed area, work force, and production). As agricultural sustainability depends on the maintenance of systems of production for long periods of time, the models were run for the years of 1986 and 2002. Tiered DEA models were used to group farmers in sustainability categories. Non-parametric regression models were used to identify the factors affecting the efficiency measurements. All the results indicate that the majority of the farmers increased their efficiency along the time. These improvements may support the existence of sustainability.
NAL Thesaurus:	family farms
Keywords:	Data envelopment analysis Iso - efficiency tiers Regression
ISSN:	0254-5330
DOI:	10.1007/s10479-008-390-6
Notes:	0254-5330 (Print) 1572-9338 (Online)
Type of Material:	Artigo de periódico
Access:	openAccess
Appears in Collections:	Artigo em periódico indexado (CNPM)