ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY IN ORGANIC FARMING: EVIDENCE FROM COTTON FARMS IN VIOTIA, GREECE

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dc.creatorTzouvelekas, Vangelis
dc.creatorPantzios, Christos J.
dc.creatorFotopoulos, Christos
dc.date2017-04-01T19:10:13Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-09T03:13:46Z
dc.descriptionUsing recent advances in the stochastic production frontier framework, this paper presents an empirical analysis of technical, allocative and economic efficiency of a sample of organic and conventional cotton farms located in Greece. The results suggest that both farm types in the sample examined are technically, allocatively and economically inefficient. Farmer's age and education and farm size are important factors in explaining differentials in efficiency estimates. In comparative terms, organic farms exhibit lower efficiency scores vis-à-vis their conventional counterparts in terms of technical and economic efficiency; regarding allocative efficiency both farm types are almost equally inefficient. Low efficiency scores in both types of farming may be attributed to the respective intervention policies of the last 20 years.
dc.identifierdoi:10.22004/ag.econ.15288
dc.identifierhttps://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/15288/files/33010035.pdf
dc.identifierhttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/15288
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/528823
dc.languageeng
dc.publisher
dc.sourcehttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/15288
dc.titleECONOMIC EFFICIENCY IN ORGANIC FARMING: EVIDENCE FROM COTTON FARMS IN VIOTIA, GREECE
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