Efficiency in milk production on Reunion Island: Dealing with land scarcity

D'Haese Marijke, Speelman Stijn, Alary Véronique, Tillard Emmanuel, D'Haese Luc. 2009. Efficiency in milk production on Reunion Island: Dealing with land scarcity. Journal of Dairy Science, 92 (8) : 3676-3683.

Type d'url non précisé : http://jds.fass.org/cgi/content/full/92/8/3676

Quartile : Q1, Sujet : AGRICULTURE, DAIRY & ANIMAL SCIENCE / Quartile : Q1, Sujet : FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Liste HCERES des revues (en SHS) : oui

Thème(s) HCERES des revues (en SHS) : Psychologie-éthologie-ergonomie

Résumé : This paper aims to analyze efficiency on dairy farms in Reunion Island, a French overseas district located in the Indian Ocean. On this island, dairy farming is promoted with financial and technical support from the European Union, with the French and local governments aiming at reducing dependency on imports of milk powder and dairy products and creating employment. A critical factor for increasing the local milk production is the limited availability of arable land because of the small size and the volcanic nature of the island. In this paper, we study the efficiency levels of dairy production on 34 farms by using a data envelopment analysis approach. The average technical efficiency score of farms, assuming constant returns to scale, was 0.927, with 19 out of 34 farms not being efficient. The technical efficiency with a variable returns to scale specification was 0.951. The efficiency with which farmers used their land (subvector efficiencies) was estimated in a second model. The average subvector efficiencies calculated with constant returns to scale and variable returns to scale models were lower than the technical efficiencies. The farmers on the efficiency frontier had a relatively higher milk production, milk production per cow, and land surface than those who were less efficient. A policy promoting better use of the land on inefficient farms should increase the milk production-to-land ratio. Possible on-farm strategies are improved feeding systems, farms having their own heifer breeding, and improved genetics.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : production laitière

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : La Réunion, France

Classification Agris : L01 - Élevage - Considérations générales
E16 - Économie de la production

Champ stratégique Cirad : Axe 3 (2005-2013) - Alimentation accessible et de qualité

Auteurs et affiliations

• D'Haese Marijke, Ghent University (BEL)
• Speelman Stijn, Ghent University (BEL)
• Alary Véronique, CIRAD-ES-UPR Systèmes d'élevage (FRA) ORCID: 0000-0003-4844-5423
• Tillard Emmanuel, CIRAD-PERSYST-UMR ERRC (REU)
• D'Haese Luc, Ghent University (BEL)

Source : Cirad - Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/553351/)

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