Efficiency Analysis: A Primer on Recent Advances Page 1 Efficiency Analysis: A Primer on
Recent Advances Christopher F. Parmeter Department of Economics University of Miami …

The formation of agricultural cooperatives has been widely promoted as an agricultural
development policy initiative to help smallholder farmers cope with multiple production and …

Contract farming, a common strategy among multinational companies in the global food
sector, can help achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, it largely …

Colombia is one of the world's most important producers of Arabica coffee (Coffea arabica),
whose coffee-growing zone coincides with a biogeographic hotspot of biodiversity. Given …

Agricultural mechanization and custom machine services have developed rapidly in China,
which can influence rice production efficiency in the future. We calculate technical efficiency …

Against the background of rising food demand, decreasing productivity growth, and
environmental degradation, natural resource management technologies, such as the system …

Specialty coffee markets that recognize coffee‐quality price premiums can improve business
conditions for smallholders and promote agro‐ecological practices. We studied the …

Smallholder farmers might adopt different farming practices to cope with multiple stressors
depending on their livelihood assets, and with varying environmental and economic …