A REVIEW ABOUT USING STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS (SFA) AND DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA) APPROACH TO MEASURE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFICIENCY IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION | Hiền | TNU Journal of Science and Technology

A REVIEW ABOUT USING STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS (SFA) AND DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA) APPROACH TO MEASURE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFICIENCY IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION

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Received: 09/10/21                Revised: 10/11/21                Published: 10/11/21

Authors

1. Vu Thi Hien Email to author, TNU - University of Agriculture and Forestry
2. Nguyen Manh Thang, TNU - University of Agriculture and Forestry
3. Dang Thi Bich Hue, TNU - University of Agriculture and Forestry
4. Bui Thi Thanh Tam, TNU - University of Agriculture and Forestry

Abstract


Environmental efficiency evaluation is becoming one of the interest topics of many researchers in the world for the purpose of sustainable agricultural development. Recently, there are two popular methods applied to measure environmental performance in agricultural production, namely Data envelopment analysis (DEA) and Stochastic frontier analysis (SFA). This study aims to systematically review the papers about theory and show advantages and limitations of the application DEA and SFA approach to measure the environmental efficiency in agricultural production. The results will help future researchers to give a choice DEA or SFA method to evaluate environmental efficiency in agricultural production. In conclusion, this  study has shown the strengths and limitations when using the DEA or SFA methods, most of which are related to the requirement of undesirable output data (DEA) and the requirement of the input data with SFA.

Keywords


DEA; SFA; Efficiency; Environment; Agricultural production

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