Abstract

CONTRERAS LEON, ADRIANA LUCÍA  and  RODRIGUEZ LOZANO, GLORIA ISABEL. MEASUREMENT OF RELATIVE EFFICIENCY OF CATTLE FARMS WITH TECHNICAL SUPPORT. Rev.fac.cienc.econ. [online]. 2017, vol.25, n.1, pp.117-128. ISSN 0121-6805.  https://doi.org/10.18359/rfce.1776.

The objective of this research was to measure the relative efficiency of cattle farms that are provided with technical support. Located in the municipalities of Duitama, Belen, Cerinza and Paipa in the department of Boyaca (Colombia). For the development of this research Data Envelopment Analysis - DEA methodology was used. The technical support was performed at 121 farms which became the target population of this research. As a result it was shown that in more than thirtyfive percent of the farms the efficiency ratio is above 60% and for 25% of these farms efficiency is over 90%.

Keywords : Efficiency measurement; DEA; Family farming activity; Efficiency in cattle farms.

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