A Metafrontier Analysis on the Performance of Grain-Producing Regions in Norway

Previous application of the stochastic frontier model and subsequent measurement performance crop sector can be criticized for estimated production function relying on assumption that underlying technology is same different agricultural systems. This paper contributes to estimating regional efficiency technological gap in Norwegian grain farms using metafrontier approach. For this study, we classified country into regions with district level development and, hence, technologies. The dataset used farm-level balanced panel data 19 years (1996–2014) 1463 observations from 196 family specialized production. study true random effect analysis estimate region technical (TE) ratio (TGR) two main grain-producing Norway. result shows farmers differ use. Consequently, gives some regionally farming system-based policy insights increase achieve self-sufficiency small-scale all regions.