The Efficiency of Poultry Farms: A Dynamic Analysis Based on a Stochastic Frontier Approach and Panel Data

EU production is important for global poultry markets and is concentrated in a few countries, including Italy. The aim of this study is to investigate the technical efficiency of Italian poultry farms in 2019–2022, characterized by the COVID-19 pandemic and avian influenza, which occurred almost sim...

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Published in:	Animals
Main Authors:	Maria Bonaventura Forleo, Paola Di Renzo, Luca Romagnoli, Vincenzo Giaccio, Alfonso Scardera
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2025-09-01
Subjects:	poultry sector financial items technical inefficiency fixed effects panel data FADN
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/15/19/2806

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