Vol. 6 No. 2 (2017)
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The productivity and environment nexus with farm-level data. The Case of Carbon Footprint in Lombardy FADN farms

Edoardo Baldoni
Department of Economics and Social Sciences Università Politecnica delle Marche
Silvia Coderoni
Department of Economics and Social SciencesUniversità Politecnica delle Marche
Roberto Esposti
Department of Economics and Social Sciences Università Politecnica delle Marche

Published 2017-10-30

Keywords

  • Total Factor Productivity,
  • GHG emissions,
  • FADN

How to Cite

Baldoni, E., Coderoni, S., & Esposti, R. (2017). The productivity and environment nexus with farm-level data. The Case of Carbon Footprint in Lombardy FADN farms. Bio-Based and Applied Economics, 6(2), 119–137. https://doi.org/10.13128/BAE-19112

Abstract

This paper aims to assess whether and to what extent environmental and productivity affect each other within heterogeneous farms. The analysis concerns the sample of FADN Lombardy farms observed from 2008 to 2013. Using the FADN information on production structures and activities, a productivity index (Total Factor Productivity - TFP) and an environmental indicator (Emission Intensity - EI) are properly reconstructed at the farm level. The nexus between TFP and EI is then investigated by admitting heterogenous behaviour across farm sizes and specializations. Results show that the relationship between TFP and EI is not univocal and suggest that the mitigation of GHG emission can be based on the diffusion of the best practices adopted by high-productivity farms of different size and specialization.

 

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