International Journal of Applied Operational Research
ژورنال بین المللی پژوهش عملیاتی
International Journal of Applied Operational Research - An Open Access Journal
Basic Sciences
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Application of DEA and SFA on the Measurement of Agricultural Technical Efficiency in MENA Countries
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The purpose of this paper is to investigate the levels of technical efficiency in agricultural
sector of MENA countries by using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Stochastic Frontier
Analysis (SFA) approaches in 2007-2008. The results show that the total average of technical
efficiency is as follows: DEABCC(0.770)>DEACCR(0.744)>SFA(0.479), and among all MENA
countries, the best performance in both models is related to Qatar. Furthermore, the empirical results
indicate that both the parametric and non-parametric methods provide the same rank of countries
However, in all cases SFA results are lower than those found by using DEA, which expresses high
levels of random error in the data.
Keywords: Technical Efficiency, MENA Countries, Agriculture, Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA),
Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA).
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Gh. R. Zamanian
1003194753284600381
1003194753284600381
No
V. Shahabinejad
shahabinejad375@gmail.com
1003194753284600382
1003194753284600382
Yes
M. Yaghoubi
1003194753284600383
1003194753284600383
No