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European Review of Agriculture Economics Vol 29 (1) (2002) pp.51-65
© 2002 Oxford University Press and the Foundation for the European Review of Agricultural Economics

Effciency and productivity of conventional and organic farms in Finland 1994–1997

Alfons Oude Lansink, Kyösti Pietola and Stefan Bäckman

Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Agrifood Research Finland, Helsinki, Finland
University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Summary

This paper uses data envelopment analysis to compute overall technical and input-specific technical efficiency measures of conventional and organic farms in Finland. Moreover, productivity measures are determined, indicating differences in technology employed by organic and conventional farms. The data are from crop and livestock farms over the period 1994–1997. The results show that organic farms are on average more efficient relative to their own technology, but use a less productive technology than conventional farms.

Keywords: organic farming, productivity, technical efficiency, DEA, Finland


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