Productivity and Efficiency of Small and Large Farms in Transition: Evidence from Moldova

Transition to market-oriented agriculture has been characterized in all the CIS countries by a massive shift from large-scale "agricultural enterprises" to small family farms. The comparative efficiency of these two categories of farms is thus a topical issue for agriculture in transition...

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Main Authors:	Lerman, Zvi, Sutton, William R.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope L250 Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Collectives Communes Agriculture P320 Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets Q120
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4680

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spelling	okr-10986-46802021-04-23T14:02:19Z Productivity and Efficiency of Small and Large Farms in Transition: Evidence from Moldova Lerman, Zvi Sutton, William R. Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope L250 Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Collectives Communes Agriculture P320 Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets Q120 Transition to market-oriented agriculture has been characterized in all the CIS countries by a massive shift from large-scale "agricultural enterprises" to small family farms. The comparative efficiency of these two categories of farms is thus a topical issue for agriculture in transition counties. This article uses national agricultural statistics for Moldova for 1990-2006 and cross-section data from three farm surveys conducted in 2000-2003 to analyze the productivity of small individual farms and large corporate farms in Moldova. Partial land and labor productivity, total factor productivity, and technical efficiency scores are calculated for farms of different organizational forms. This evidence has a direct bearing on the issue of comparative performance of large and small farms. 2012-03-30T07:29:12Z 2012-03-30T07:29:12Z 2008 Journal Article Post-Soviet Affairs 1060586X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4680 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Moldova
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description	Transition to market-oriented agriculture has been characterized in all the CIS countries by a massive shift from large-scale "agricultural enterprises" to small family farms. The comparative efficiency of these two categories of farms is thus a topical issue for agriculture in transition counties. This article uses national agricultural statistics for Moldova for 1990-2006 and cross-section data from three farm surveys conducted in 2000-2003 to analyze the productivity of small individual farms and large corporate farms in Moldova. Partial land and labor productivity, total factor productivity, and technical efficiency scores are calculated for farms of different organizational forms. This evidence has a direct bearing on the issue of comparative performance of large and small farms.
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author	Lerman, Zvi Sutton, William R.
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title	Productivity and Efficiency of Small and Large Farms in Transition: Evidence from Moldova
title_short	Productivity and Efficiency of Small and Large Farms in Transition: Evidence from Moldova
title_full	Productivity and Efficiency of Small and Large Farms in Transition: Evidence from Moldova
title_fullStr	Productivity and Efficiency of Small and Large Farms in Transition: Evidence from Moldova
title_full_unstemmed	Productivity and Efficiency of Small and Large Farms in Transition: Evidence from Moldova
title_sort	productivity and efficiency of small and large farms in transition: evidence from moldova
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Productivity and Efficiency of Small and Large Farms in Transition: Evidence from Moldova

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