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Agricultural productivity and competitiveness analyses
A series of reports looking at the productivity and competitiveness of the farming industry
This series includes published reports of analysis and research by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and external organisations. It includes both studies directly assessing competitiveness and also work examining factors (for example, farm structure, use of contractors) that may help to make farms more efficient. Many reports are based on data from the Farm Business Survey (FBS); more information can be found on the FBS webpage. The reports are grouped by topic.
Agricultural contracting
- contracting on English farms: evidence from existing survey this document examines the issue of agricultural contracting based on data from both the Farm Business Survey and the June Agricultural Survey (October 2014).
Business management practices
- farm business management practices this FBS module examines a range of management practices including benchmarking, risk management, and sources of information (May 2013)
Farm level economic performance
- cereals farms – economic performance and links with environmental performance one of a series of three reports looking at factors associated with variation in the performance of farms (May 2011)
- dairy farms – economic performance and links with environmental performance one of a series of three reports looking at factors associated with variation in the performance of farms (February 2013)
- grazing livestock farms – economic performance and links with environmental performance one of a series of three reports looking at factors associated with variation in the performance of farms (January 2012)
- agricultural efficiency at farm level a Defra funded study carried out by SAC examining factors related to technical efficiency. The work also makes comparisons with other European countries (May 2011)
- the impact of grants on farm economic performance a short report examining the impact of grants, including RDPE grants, on farm efficiency (February 2014)
Productivity
- total factor productivity of the agricultural industry total factor productivity (TFP) is the efficiency with which all inputs are turned into outputs. This document presents TFP estimates for the UK agricultural industry between 1998 and 2014 (April 2015)
- productivity of UK agriculture: causes and constraints a collection of papers looking at a range of productivity related subjects, including international comparisons of TFP (July 2003)
Specialisation
- specialisation in agriculture a report looking at changes in levels of specialisation between 1975 and 2007 (July 2008)
Structural change
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Published 17 September 2014Last updated 4 November 2014 + show all updates
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Updated to include agricultural contracting document.
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First published.