The Technical Efficiency of Specialised Milk Farms: A Regional View
Table 7
Differences in income indicator FNVA/AWU and subsidies.
Indicator
Unit
Inefficient regions (),
Efficient regions (),
-statistic
value
Sig.
Total current subsidies per total output
EUR/EUR
0.1930
0.1532
Diff > 0
2.157
0.0167
**
SD*
0.1076
0.0839
Total current subsidies per hectare
EUR/ha
471.49
554.44
Diff < 0
−0.712
0.2398
—
SD
249.23
752.26
Rural development subsidies** per total output
EUR/EUR
0.0484
0.0293
Diff > 0
1.909
0.0295
**
SD
0.0637
0.0405
Rural development subsidies per hectare
EUR/ha
109.89
70.25
Diff > 0
1.870
0.0322
**
SD
140.57
78.10
Investment subsidies per hectare
EUR/ha
32.11
84.31
Diff < 0
−0.812
0.2105
—
SD
42.82
429.64
Farm net value added (FNVA) per AWU***
EUR/AWU
26 191.02
33 146.04
Diff < 0
−1.916
0.0297
**
SD
14 242.59
21 165.67
Farm net value added (FNVA) per hectare
EUR/ha
1 070.43
1 838.08
Diff < 0
−2.699
0.0047
***
SD
621.95
1 834.50
Farm net value added (FNVA) per livestock unit
EUR/LU
784.86
887.44
Diff < 0
−1.397
0.0835
*
SD
266.74
437.77
Note: SD = standard deviation. Rural development subsidies = environmental subsidies + payments on less favoured areas + other rural development subsidies. AWU = annual work unit.
