Social network and extension service in farmers' agricultural technology adoption efficiency

G Wang, Q Lu, SC Capareda - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The purpose of the article is to analyze the interaction effect between social network and
extension service in farmers' agricultural technology adoption efficiency (TAE). The empirical …

Farm size and Land use efficiency in the Brazilian Amazon

MDP Ferreira, JG Féres - Land Use Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the relationship between farm size and land use efficiency in the
Brazilian Amazon. Based on data from the 2006 Brazilian Agricultural Census, we estimated …

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 …

Measurement of energy efficiency based on economic foundations

M Filippini, LC Hunt - Energy Economics, 2015 - Elsevier
Energy efficiency policy is seen as a very important activity by almost all policy makers. In
practical energy policy analysis, the typical indicator used as a proxy for energy efficiency is …

Can the informal groundwater markets improve water use efficiency and equity? Evidence from a semi-arid region of Pakistan

A Razzaq, P Qing, M Abid, M Anwar, I Javed - Science of the total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Pakistani farmers are using groundwater at an increasing rate to supplement their irrigation
needs. This practice has led to overexploitation of groundwater in the country, resulting in …

Evaluating input use efficiency in agriculture through a stochastic frontier production: An application on a case study in Apulia (Italy)

I Benedetti, G Branca, R Zucaro - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 - Elsevier
Water is considered the most critical resource for sustainable agricultural development
worldwide. Water scarcity has become an issue, especially in arid and semi-arid areas …

Exploring the non-linear effects of city size on urban industrial land use efficiency: A spatial econometric analysis of cities in eastern China

S Yan, J Peng, Q Wu - Land Use Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Land scarcity is increasingly becoming a binding constraint on sustainable economic growth
in countries undergoing rapid industrialization and urbanization, and research on the …

Technical efficiency and productivity differentials of dairy farms in three EU countries: the role of CAP subsidies

X Zhu, R Milán Demeter - Agricultural Economics Review, 2012 - ageconsearch.umn.edu
The impact of EU agricultural support policies on farms' economic performance is an
interesting issue for policy makers. The objective of this paper is to investigate technical …

农业灌溉用水效率及其影响因素实证分析——基于随机前沿生产函数和新疆棉农调研数据

耿献辉, 张晓恒, 宋玉兰 - 自然资源学报, 2014 - jnr.ac.cn
水资源是21 世纪的战略资源, 提高农业部门水资源利用效率是水资源严重短缺的中国可持续
发展的必然要求. 论文利用“一步法” 随机前沿生产函数模型评估了新疆地区806 …

Measurement and decomposition of industrial green total factor water efficiency in China

X Yao, W Feng, X Zhang, W Wang, C Zhang… - Journal of cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
The green efficiency of water resources is important for industrial cleaner production and
sustainable development. Existing studies pay much attention to the economic efficiency of …