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Estimation of cost efficiency of fattening pigs, sows, and piglets using SFA approach analysis: Evidence from China
The hog industry is the core industry in the field of agriculture and animal husbandry in China, which development is related to the improvement of people’s quality of life. The production of the hog industry has been restricted by environmental regulations, which needs to reduce costs and improve e...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8668113/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34898638 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261240 |
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author | Wang, Gangyi Zhao, Chang’e Shen, Yuzhuo Yin, Ni |
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description | The hog industry is the core industry in the field of agriculture and animal husbandry in China, which development is related to the improvement of people’s quality of life. The production of the hog industry has been restricted by environmental regulations, which needs to reduce costs and improve efficiency. Based on the data of 29 provinces from 2008 to 2019, this paper aims to use the stochastic frontier analysis method to calculate the cost efficiency of fattening pigs, sows, and piglets in three stages of pig production and focuses on the impact of environmental regulation policies on cost efficiency. The study found that the cost efficiency of fattening pigs, sows, and piglets in China were 0.77, 0.79, and 0.53, respectively, and the efficiency losses were 23%, 21%, and 47%, respectively. The impact of environmental regulation policies on the cost efficiency of fattening pigs showed an ’ N ’ trend, and the impact on the cost efficiency of sows and piglets showed an inverted ’ N ’ trend. For fattening pigs, increasing the intensity of environmental regulation, and exceeding the second inflection point of the ’ N ’ curve can achieve the dual goals of environmental governance and cost reduction and efficiency increase. For sows, reducing the intensity of environmental regulation appropriately can avoid cost-efficiency loss. For piglets, environmental regulation policies have not effectively incentives the cost efficiency of piglets. In addition, raising the level of technology investment in fattening pigs and sows can achieve cost efficiency gains, and can farmers use emerging financial product tools such as ’ insurance + futures ’ to avoid market risks and efficiency losses. |
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spelling | pubmed-86681132021-12-14 Estimation of cost efficiency of fattening pigs, sows, and piglets using SFA approach analysis: Evidence from China Wang, Gangyi Zhao, Chang’e Shen, Yuzhuo Yin, Ni PLoS One Research Article The hog industry is the core industry in the field of agriculture and animal husbandry in China, which development is related to the improvement of people’s quality of life. The production of the hog industry has been restricted by environmental regulations, which needs to reduce costs and improve efficiency. Based on the data of 29 provinces from 2008 to 2019, this paper aims to use the stochastic frontier analysis method to calculate the cost efficiency of fattening pigs, sows, and piglets in three stages of pig production and focuses on the impact of environmental regulation policies on cost efficiency. The study found that the cost efficiency of fattening pigs, sows, and piglets in China were 0.77, 0.79, and 0.53, respectively, and the efficiency losses were 23%, 21%, and 47%, respectively. The impact of environmental regulation policies on the cost efficiency of fattening pigs showed an ’ N ’ trend, and the impact on the cost efficiency of sows and piglets showed an inverted ’ N ’ trend. For fattening pigs, increasing the intensity of environmental regulation, and exceeding the second inflection point of the ’ N ’ curve can achieve the dual goals of environmental governance and cost reduction and efficiency increase. For sows, reducing the intensity of environmental regulation appropriately can avoid cost-efficiency loss. For piglets, environmental regulation policies have not effectively incentives the cost efficiency of piglets. In addition, raising the level of technology investment in fattening pigs and sows can achieve cost efficiency gains, and can farmers use emerging financial product tools such as ’ insurance + futures ’ to avoid market risks and efficiency losses. Public Library of Science 2021-12-13 /pmc/articles/PMC8668113/ /pubmed/34898638 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261240 Text en © 2021 Wang et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Wang, Gangyi Zhao, Chang’e Shen, Yuzhuo Yin, Ni Estimation of cost efficiency of fattening pigs, sows, and piglets using SFA approach analysis: Evidence from China |
title | Estimation of cost efficiency of fattening pigs, sows, and piglets using SFA approach analysis: Evidence from China |
title_full | Estimation of cost efficiency of fattening pigs, sows, and piglets using SFA approach analysis: Evidence from China |
title_fullStr | Estimation of cost efficiency of fattening pigs, sows, and piglets using SFA approach analysis: Evidence from China |
title_full_unstemmed | Estimation of cost efficiency of fattening pigs, sows, and piglets using SFA approach analysis: Evidence from China |
title_short | Estimation of cost efficiency of fattening pigs, sows, and piglets using SFA approach analysis: Evidence from China |
title_sort | estimation of cost efficiency of fattening pigs, sows, and piglets using sfa approach analysis: evidence from china |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8668113/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34898638 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261240 |
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