Efficiency Measures in the Agricultural Sector

<p>Part I Efficiency Measures and Methods  </p><p> 1 Efficiency Measures in the Agricultural Sector: The Beginning </p><p>Emiliana Silva, Armando Mendes and Jorge Santos  </p><p> 2 Review of Frontier Models and Efficiency Analysis: A Parametric Approach  </p><p>Ana Sampaio  </p><p>3 Introduction to Data Envelopment Analysis</p><p> Jorge Santos, Elsa Rosário Negas and Luís Cavique Santos</p><p> 4 Superefficiency and Multiplier Adjustment in Data Envelopment Analysis  </p><p> Jorge Santos, Luís Cavique Santos, Armando Mendes  </p><p> Part II Farm Efficiency Applications </p><p>5 An Application of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) in Azores Dairy Farms</p><p>Emiliana Silva, Amílcar Arzubi and Julio Berbel  </p><p> 6 Animal Grazing System Efficiency  </p><p>Emiliana Silva, Carlos Santos and Armando Mendes  </p><p> 7 Technical Efficiency of the Spanish Dairy Processing Industry: Do Size and Exporting Matter?  </p><p> Magdalena Kapelko and Alfons Oude Lansink  </p><p> 8 Inefficiency in Animal Production – A Parametric Approach </p><p>Emiliana Silva and Fátima Venâncio  </p><p>9 Azorean Agriculture Efficiency by PAR </p><p> Armando B Mendes, Veska Noncheva and Emiliana Silva </p><p>10 Sustainable Tourism and Agriculture Multifunctionality by PAR: A Variable Selection Approach</p><p>Armando Mendes, Veska Noncheva and Emiliana Silva  </p><p> 11 The Importance of Subsidies in Azorean Dairy Farms Efficiency  </p><p>Emiliana Silva and Eusébio Marote</p><p>12 Multi-Ouput Technical Efficiency in the Olive Oil Industry and its Relation to the Form of Business Organisation</p><p>Rafaela Dios-Palomares, José M. Martínez-Paz and Angel Prieto</p><p>13 Efficiency Assessment: Final Remarks</p><p>Jorge Santos, Emiliana Silva and Armando Mendes</p><p>Index</p>