@article{Neves:212529,
      recid = {212529},
      author = {Neves, Mateus de Carvalho and Goncalves, Marcos and Gomes,  Adriano and Braga, Marcelo J.},
      title = {Efficiency and Technological Progress in Brazilian  Agricultural Cooperatives},
      address = {2015},
      number = {1008-2016-80137},
      pages = {29},
      year = {2015},
      abstract = {Against a background of concentrated production chains and  profound changes
in the agri-food system, Brazilian  agricultural cooperatives are challenged to
remain  competitive to withstand large multinational companies.  This paper
proposed to investigate nuances in the behavior  of these cooperative
organizations due to the changes in  their operating environment. It does so by
analyzing  alterations in efficiency and total factor productivity of  a sample of
Brazilian agricultural cooperatives, classified  according to size, from 2006 to
2010. For this,  non-parametric models of Data Envelopment Analysis  (DEA)
and the Malmquist Index were used. Through the DEA  approach, it was seen
that larger cooperatives faced  decreasing efficiency, while smaller ones
experienced the  opposite. Moreover, as demonstrated by the Malmquist  Indices,
the cooperatives, on average, presented negative  technological variations, and
smaller cooperatives  underwent positive changes in technical efficiency.  The
results suggest directions which public policies could  take to strengthen
Brazilian agricultural cooperatives in  the face of new challenges.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/212529},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.212529},
}