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Measuring Production Efficiency and Structural Factors in Sheep Farming: Empirical Evidence from North-Eastern Anatolia, Türkiye.

Ayşe Karadağ Gürsoy, Bahri Karlı

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Ayşe Karadağ GürsoyDepartment of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Iğdır University, Iğdır 76000, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0002-1830-5393
Bahri KarlıDepartment of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Isparta University of Applied Sciences, Isparta 32000, Türkiye.

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Abstract

This study evaluates the technical efficiency and structural factors influencing sheep farming enterprises operating in the TRA2 sub-region (Ardahan, Kars, Ağrı, and Iğdır provinces) of North-Eastern Anatolia, Türkiye. Primary data were collected from 138 sheep farms selected through a stratified random sampling method. The technical efficiency of the enterprises was evaluated using a dual methodological framework combining Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA). Input-output variables integrated into the efficiency frontier model included the gross production value of sheep farming as the output, alongside roughage expenditure, concentrate feed expenditure, family labor, and veterinary/medicine costs as input variables. The empirical findings yielded a mean technical efficiency score of 0.657, supported by a Likelihood Ratio (LR) test statistic of 20.569 (

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data envelopment analysisfactor analysissheepstochastic frontiertechnical efficiencyTürkiye

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