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| Content Provider | Taylor & Francis Online |
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| Author | García, Antón Toro-Mújica, Paula Rivas, José Angón, Elena Perea, José De-Pablos, Carmen |
| Abstract | Over the last decade, pastoral systems have been intensified in response to an increasing demand for meat and milk, by generating environmental and social problems due to its high dependence on external inputs. The objective of this research was to analyze the economic feasibility of dairy pastoral system in La Pampa (Argentina). The main successful factors were identified through technical efficiency analysis, and subsequently improvement actions were suggested. The technique data envelopment analysis creates efficiency indexes by comparing the performance of each farm with the best practice, which defines the production frontier. The farms were classified attending to two criteria: first, the level of efficiency, second, the regular use of supplementation feed. The results showed that about 40% of the farms were efficient and the efficiency rate of the farms without supplementary feed was 80%. A 70% of the farms uses their own grassland resources adjusting milk yield to the capacity of the pasture. The technical efficiency for this group is 14% higher than the rest. Inefficient farms can adopt different strategies to enhance by practicing benchmarking. One of the examples studied shows two ways to do it: on the one hand the extensification by producing at a minimum cost; on the other hand, the technification, linked to the increase of stocking rate and the use of strategic supplementation. Finally, small changes in the management of the farms positively impact on performance, use of resources, and the sustainability of the system. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| ISSN | 1828051X |
| DOI | 10.4081/ijas.2015.3624 |
| Journal | Italian Journal of Animal Science |
| Volume Number | 14 |
| Issue Number | 4 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
| Publisher Date | 2016-03-14 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Technical efficiency Low input Benchmarking Management Sustainability |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
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