Differentiation in the production potential and efficiency of farms in the member states of the European Union

Anna Nowak and Monika Różańska-Boczula
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Anna Nowak: Department of Economics and Agribusiness, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland
Monika Różańska-Boczula: Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland

Agricultural Economics, 2019, vol. 65, issue 9, 395-403

Abstract: This paper contains an evaluation of the differentiation of the production potential and efficiency of farms in the member states of the European Union in 2013-2016. To this end, a taxonomic method - Hellwig's development measure - was used. The study was based on data from the European Union Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN). The study results indicate that member states such as the Netherlands, Denmark, Luxembourg, Belgium, the United Kingdom and Slovakia were characterised by the best agricultural production potential. The first four member states also showed the highest efficiency with regard to the utilisation of production factors. On the other hand, low and average potential and efficiency were characteristic of farms in most of the new member states.

Keywords: agriculture; European Union members; potential of farms; production factors; synthetic indicator (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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