Abstract

CALLEJAS-JUAREZ, Nicolás  and  CALLEJAS-MARTINEZ, Aideé. Analysis of the eff iciency of the cow-calf system in Mexico. Terra Latinoam [online]. 2022, vol.40, e941.  Epub Nov 28, 2022. ISSN 2395-8030.  https://doi.org/10.28940/terra.v40i0.941.

Enveloping data analysis is a technique that allows productivity to be analyzed in terms of relative efficiency, efficiency, quality, and economy to solve the productivity of production systems. The objective of the research was to analyze the economic and technical efficiency of 13 representative units of production (URP) cow-calf in Mexico through The Enveloping Data Analysis (DEA) to test the hypothesis whether URPs with a larger production scale are more efficient than those of lower production scale and the amount of inefficiency. The production scales of the URPs were 35 to 500 cows in production and located in the five main producers of the cow-calf system. The most economically efficient URPs were TM70, TM100 and VE150; with higher JA35 technical efficiency and higher overall efficiency JA35, CH40, TM70, TM100 and VE150. The average economic efficiency was 73.7±18.2%, the technique 44.6±27.4% and total 87.1±16.6%, meaning that URPs can increase their economic efficiency by 18.2%, technical efficiency 55.4% and total efficiency 16.6%; to have the most efficient URP productivity. In addition, using either input provided the same total efficiency parameters. Therefore, producers of the cow-calf system in Mexico have their greatest opportunity for growth and development by improving technical parameters; although they can also do so, but to a lesser proportion, with economic parameters.

Keywords : data analysis; economic efficiency; technical efficiency; total efficiency; productivity.

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