Determinants of technical and economic efficiency of citrus farms in the State of São Paulo

• Grant number: 13/06169-7
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: July 01, 2013
• End date: June 30, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Administration - Administration of Specific Sectors
• Principal Investigator: Hildo Meirelles de Souza Filho
• Grantee: Hildo Meirelles de Souza Filho
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Exatas e de Tecnologia (CCET). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The aim of this research proposal is to estimate indicators of technical and economic efficiency in citrus production in the state of São Paulo, as well as identify the factors that determine these efficiencies. Primary data will be collected from a sample of 97 growers. Parametric approaches (stochastic frontier) will be used to estimate the frontiers of efficiency and to test hypotheses on the determinants of these efficiencies. Alternatively, nonparametric approaches (Data Envelopment Analysis) may be used. The proposal has wide applicability in the formulation of public policies and private strategies in order to increase the efficiency of growers. Given the absence of such a study for the activity in question and the crisis in the sector, the proposal presents innovative character and consists of a great scientific challenge. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

CARRER, MARCELO JOSE; DE SOUZA FILHO, HILDO MEIRELLES; BATALHA, MARIO OTAVIO; ROSSI, FABIANA RIBEIRO. Farm Management Information Systems (FMIS) and technical efficiency: An analysis of citrus farms in Brazil. COMPUTERS AND ELECTRONICS IN AGRICULTURE, v. 119, p. 105-111, NOV 2015. (13/06169-7)

ROSSI, FABIANA RIBEIRO; DE SOUZA FILHO, HILDO MEIRELLES; MIRANDA, BRUNO VARELLA; CARRER, MARCELO JOSE. The role of contracts in the adoption of irrigation by Brazilian orange growers. Agricultural Water Management, v. 233, APR 30 2020. (13/06169-7)

CARRER, MARCELO JOSE; FRANCO DA SILVEIRA, RODRIGO LANNA; DE SOUZA FILHO, HILDO MEIRELLES. Factors influencing hedging decision: evidence from Brazilian citrus growers. AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND RESOURCE ECONOMICS, v. 63, n. 1, p. 1-19, JAN 2019. (13/06169-7)