[HTML][HTML] A survey and analysis of the first 40 years of scholarly literature in DEA: 1978–2016

A Emrouznejad, G Yang - Socio-economic planning sciences, 2018 - Elsevier
In recent years there has been an exponential growth in the number of publications related
to theory and applications of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Charnes, Cooper, and …

Research on corn production efficiency and influencing factors of typical farms: Based on data from 12 corn-producing countries from 2012 to 2019

J Wang, X Hu - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Globally, corn is characterised by high production and high export concentrations, yet the
world is experiencing an unprecedented, huge change in this regard. Ensuring the global …

Impact of climate smart agriculture (CSA) through sustainable irrigation management on Resource use efficiency: A sustainable production alternative for cotton

MA Imran, A Ali, M Ashfaq, S Hassan, R Culas, C Ma - Land Use Policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) improves agricultural productivity and enhance farm income
on a sustainable basis, enhance water and nutrients use efficiency, resilient to climatic …

[HTML][HTML] A two-stage DEA model to evaluate sustainability and energy efficiency of tomato production

H Raheli, RM Rezaei, MR Jadidi… - Information Processing in …, 2017 - Elsevier
The aims of this study were to evaluate the sustainability and efficiency of tomato production
and to investigate the determinants of inefficiency of tomato farming in Marand region of East …

Determinants and resource use efficiency of “better cotton”: An innovative cleaner production alternative

F Zulfiqar, A Datta, GB Thapa - Journal of cleaner production, 2017 - Elsevier
The resource constraints along with socioeconomic attributes and capabilities of farmers
cause variations in the adoption of agricultural technologies. These variations represent an …

Sustainable and efficient energy consumption of corn production in Southwest Iran: combination of multi-fuzzy and DEA modeling

E Houshyar, H Azadi, M Almassi, MJS Davoodi… - Energy, 2012 - Elsevier
The goal of this study was to evaluate the sustainability and efficiency of corn production
with regard to energy consumption in the Fars province, Southwest Iran. To reach the goal …

[PDF][PDF] The effects of human capital on agricultural productivity and farmer's income in Cameroon

JMN Djomo, F Sikod - International Business Research, 2012 - academia.edu
This study evaluates how human capital affects agricultural productivity and farmer's income
in Cameroon. Precisely, this study adopts methodologies that evaluate agricultural …

Institutional environment and technical efficiency: A stochastic frontier analysis of cotton producers in West Africa

V Theriault, R Serra - Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
This paper examines the effects of the institutional environment on West African cotton
farmers' technical efficiency (TE). First, key aspects of the cotton sector institutional …

Factors that influence technical efficiency of sorghum production: A case of small holder sorghum producers in Lower Eastern Kenya

E Chepng'etich, SO Nyamwaro, EK Bett… - Advances in …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Majority of the rural households in Kenya depend on agriculture as a source of food and
livelihood. Agricultural productivity has been declining due to many factors resulting in …

[HTML][HTML] Technical efficiency of goat farming in Turkey: a case study of Isparta province

M Gül, V Demircan, H Yilmaz, H Yilmaz - Revista Brasileira de …, 2016 - SciELO Brasil
This study estimates the technical efficiency of goat rearing in the province of Isparta in
Turkey using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The data used were collected from 92 goat …