The increasingly open market in China has ushered significant changes in the Chinese
agricultural sector. Most existing research indicates that land transfer improves technical …

Managerial ability has important implications for farm growth. In this article we first show in a
production model that increasing output with a fixed level of managerial ability can lead to a …

Farmland transfer is an important factor affecting rural households' income and sustainable
development of rural areas in developing countries. However, recent studies have reached …

Deregulation of the Australian dairy industry, specifically the removal of price subsidies to
'market milk', as well as ongoing drought in many dairy regions, has placed considerable …

Agriculture is one of the most hazardous productive sectors around the world. Most previous
studies have focused on health issues of farmers in developing countries, while little …

The reduction in goat milk production and the competitiveness of more profitable activities
have increased the adoption of measures to enhance goat milk and meat around the world …

The economies of size in Norwegian dairy farming are far from exploited. There is increasing
pressure on cost savings through faster farm restructuring. Such a structural transition could …

Interest in supporting local and regional food systems is rising and food hubs have attracted
considerable attention among Federal, State, and local policymakers. This study explores …

Previous application of the stochastic frontier model and subsequent measurement of the
performance of the crop sector can be criticized for the estimated production function relying …

The existing empirical evidence on the relationship between economy size and performance
has been inconclusive. This paper employs stochastic frontier analysis to estimate economic …