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