Soil evaluation and socioeconomic factors influence on agricultural efficiency: a pilot study in Rio de Janeiro.

In this paper we evaluate the agricultural efficiency of the municipalities of the state Rio de Janeiro and assess the influence of contextual variables on the performance. The scores are computed by means of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) models, where inputs are land, labor and capital (or technology), and the value of crops and of livestock productions are the outputs. Covariates are related to soil evaluation (susceptibility to erosion and land use suitability) and to socioeconomic factors. The results show that high levels of susceptibility to erosion influence negatively and significantly the efficiency scores. The land suitability to agriculture and the land suitability to livestock are positively associated with performance. The presence of family-based farmers favors the agricultural performance of the assessed municipalities.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	GOMES, E. G., FIDALGO, E. C. C., OLIVEIRA, E., MARTINS, A. L. da S., OLIVEIRA, A. P. de, COELHO, M. R.
Other Authors:	ELIANE GONCALVES GOMES, SIRE; ELAINE CRISTINA CARDOSO FIDALGO, CNPS; ELTON OLIVEIRA, UFF; ALBA LEONOR DA SILVA MARTINS, CNPS; ALINE PACOBAHYBA DE OLIVEIRA, CNPS; MAURICIO RIZZATO COELHO, CNPS.
Format:	Anais e Proceedings de eventos biblioteca
Language:	Ingles English
Published:	2022-02-14
Subjects:	Agricultural performance, Data envelopment analysis, Fractional regression, Erosão do Solo, Aptidão Agrícola, Uso da Terra, Soil erosion, Land use, Land suitability,
Online Access:	http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/1140027
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