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Abstract
This paper provides an evaluation of the performance of a sample of PGI bean producers
in Greece, by means of technical and scale efficiency and a comparison between
them on the basis of average efficiency, aggregate efficiency and the performance of the
average production unit. Data were collected from 104 farms in 2012-2013, using a
structured questionnaire, with face-to-face interviews, within the designated area of
protected geographical indication. Results revealed that technical rather than scale
inefficiency is the main source of productive inefficiency, with corresponding efficiency
estimates of 0.837 and 0.949 respectively. Most farms (87%) operate in a sub-optimal
scale and are less technically and scale efficient than farms working in a supra-optimal
scale (6%).They are 14 technically efficient farms in the sample (13%) of which almost
half are both technically and scale efficient. The systematic comparison of the performance
of PGI bean farms provided four dominating farms appearing more often as
peer-units, information that is valuable for performance improvement targets.