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dc.contributor.authorAlem, Habtamu
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-11T10:34:22Z
dc.date.available2021-10-11T10:34:22Z
dc.date.created2021-02-01T14:59:49Z
dc.date.issued2021-02-01
dc.identifier.citationAlem, H. A Metafrontier Analysis on the Performance of Grain-Producing Regions in Norway. Economies 2021, 9, 10.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2624-831X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2788990
dc.description.abstractPrevious 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 on the assumption that the underlying technology is the same for different agricultural systems. This paper contributes to estimating regional efficiency and the technological gap in Norwegian grain farms using the stochastic metafrontier approach. For this study, we classified the country into regions with district level of development and, hence, production technologies. The dataset used is farm-level balanced panel data for 19 years (1996–2014) with 1463 observations from 196 family farms specialized in grain production. The study used the true random effect model and stochastic metafrontier analysis to estimate region-level technical efficiency (TE) and technology gap ratio (TGR) in the two main grain-producing regions of Norway. The result of the analysis shows that farmers differ in performance and technology use. Consequently, the paper gives some regionally and farming system-based policy insights to increase grain production in the country to achieve self-sufficiency and small-scale farming in all regions.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMDPI, Basel, Switzerlanden_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleA Metafrontier Analysis on the Performance of Grain-Producing Regions in Norwayen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holder© 2021 by the authoren_US
dc.source.volume9en_US
dc.source.journalEconomiesen_US
dc.source.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/economies9010010
dc.identifier.cristin1885226
dc.relation.projectEC/H2020/696295en_US
dc.source.articlenumber10en_US
cristin.ispublishedtrue
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