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| Author: | Meensel, J. van Lauwers, L. Huylenbroeck, G. van |
| Title: | Communicative diagnosis of cost-saving options for reducing nitrogen emission from pig finishing |
| Journal: | Journal of Environmental Management
2010 : NOV, VOL.91:11, p. 2370-2377 |
| Index terms: | benchmarking data envelopment analysis performance measurement cost reduction economic conditions |
| Freeterms: | pig finishing indicators key performance indicators trade-off reducing nitrogen emission livestock production |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This article investigates the separate and combined use of traditional key performance indicators and an environmentally adjusted Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to reveal firm-specific cost-saving mechanisms for pig-finishing farms. It is proposes to take advantage of both methods: concrete benchmarks and eligible improvement paths are assessed using frontier methods, while the decision variables that steer farmers towards changes are described in terms of traditional key performance indicators. Based on the pig finishing analysis that farms can achieve economic-environmental win–win situations through improving technical, cost allocative and cost efficiencies, which are mainly driven by feed conversion. Less technical efficient farms are found to require a lower delivery weight in order to minimize costs, which shows the farm-specificity of economic-environmental improvement advice. |
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