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Technology Adoption and Technical Efficiency: Organic and Conventional Dairy Farms in the United States
Ist Teil von
American journal of agricultural economics, 2010-01, Vol.92 (1), p.181-195
Ort / Verlag
Malden: Oxford University Press
Erscheinungsjahr
2010
Link zum Volltext
Quelle
Wiley Online Library Journals Frontfile Complete
Beschreibungen/Notizen
We compare productivity and technical efficiency of organic and conventional dairy farms in the United States. We address self-selection into organic farming by using propensity score matching and explicitly test the hypothesis that organic and conventional farms employ a single, homogeneous technology. Utilizing the 2005 Agricultural Resource Management Survey on Dairy Costs and Returns Report (ARMS) data, we reject the homogeneous technology hypothesis and find that the organic dairy technology is approximately 13% less productive. However, we find little difference in technical efficiency between organic and conventional farms when technical efficiency is measured against the appropriate technology.