Main factors that affect the economic efficiency of broiler breeder production

Revista Brasileira de Ciência Avícola

Eh Carvalho¹  Jb Zilli¹  As Mendes¹  Gm Morello¹  Dv Bonamigo¹ 

关键词: Economic efficiency;    poultry production;    profitability;   

DOI  :  10.1590/1516-635x170111-16

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

This study aimed at identifying the factors that affect the economic efficiency of broiler breeder production using the analysis of stochastic profit frontier function. Data were collected in 48 broiler breeder farms contracted by a commercial company located in southwestern Paraná, Brazil. The collected data refer to the last batch of fertile eggs that was delivered to the company, between January, 2008, and July, 2009. The following parameters were evaluated: production of hatching eggs per hen (number of eggs/hen), hatchability (hatch %), feed intake per hatching egg (g feed/ egg), production scale (number of birds/batch), farmer's experience in production activities, and labor type. Factors, such as area of occupied land, electricity costs, and invested capital were also evaluated. Results showed that the cost of electricity, as well as area of occupied land, production scale, and feed intake per hatching egg significantly affect the economic efficiency of the broiler breeder farms in Southwestern Paraná, Brazil.

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