The objective of the study is to address an economic problematic area in the field of the fertilization management: how the characteristics of the production system, for a given vegetable crop, influence the fertilization strategy effect of the farm efficiency. The analysis is conducted at farm level and framed into the conceptualization of the relationship between the decisional and operational systems. The conceptual framework emphasizes the importance of the response function approach, of the sustainability principles and of the organizational dimensions. Data on Table tomato, carrot and potato were collected from the European Union Farm Accounting Data Network system. Data Envelopment Analysis indicates the importance of the operational systems organizational factors in determining the crop efficiency. The evidence suggests to consider the objectives of the fertilization program in the context of the organizational dimensions of the operational system

An economic analysis of the efficiency and sustainability of fertilization programmes at the level of operational systems, with case studies on table tomato, carrot and potato in Central Italy

MARTINO, Gaetano
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POLINORI, Paolo;
2017

Abstract

The objective of the study is to address an economic problematic area in the field of the fertilization management: how the characteristics of the production system, for a given vegetable crop, influence the fertilization strategy effect of the farm efficiency. The analysis is conducted at farm level and framed into the conceptualization of the relationship between the decisional and operational systems. The conceptual framework emphasizes the importance of the response function approach, of the sustainability principles and of the organizational dimensions. Data on Table tomato, carrot and potato were collected from the European Union Farm Accounting Data Network system. Data Envelopment Analysis indicates the importance of the operational systems organizational factors in determining the crop efficiency. The evidence suggests to consider the objectives of the fertilization program in the context of the organizational dimensions of the operational system
2017
978-3-319-53624-8
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