Productivity and Efficiency Change for Agricultural Cooperatives in Japan: The Case of the Dairy-Farming Region in Hokkaido
Productivity and Efficiency Change for Agricultural Cooperatives in Japan: The Case of the Dairy-Farming Region in Hokkaido
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DOI：
10.18480/jjre.8.58
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发表时间：
2006-03
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通讯作者：
Yasutaka Yamamoto;K. Kondo;J. Sasaki
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作者：
Yasutaka Yamamoto;K. Kondo;J. Sasaki
本文的目的是分析日本农业合作社的生产率变化的非参数输出导向的Malmquist指数的全要素生产率（TFP）。将生产率变化分解为技术变化和技术效率变化。线性规划技术被用来计算生产率的变化，使用面板数据集的44个农业合作社位于日本北海道的奶牛养殖区在1982年至1991年期间。结果表明，全要素生产率的变化模式往往是由技术进步，而不是技术效率的提高。结果还表明，在1994年召开的第20届农业合作协会年会上提出的到2000年农业合作生产率提高30%的目标，在位于北海道奶牛养殖区的44个农业合作组织中无法实现。
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the productivity change for agricultural cooperatives in Japan measured by nonparametric output-oriented Malmquist indices of total factor productivity (TFP). The productivity change is decomposed into technical change and technical efficiency change. Linear programming techniques are used to calculate the productivity change using a panel data set for 44 agricultural cooperatives located in the dairy-farming region of Hokkaido in Japan over the period 1982-1991. The results suggest that the pattern of TFP changes tends to be driven more by technical progress rather than improvements in technical efficiency. The results also suggest that the goal of a 30% increase in productivity in agricultural cooperatives by the year 2000 introduced at the 20th Annual Meeting of the Agricultural Cooperatives Association of Japan held in 1994 was unattainable in the case of 44 agricultural cooperatives located in the dairy-farming region of Hokkaido.