The measurement of the technical efficiency in the production of the sugar cane

Abstract

In this work is exposed the measurement of the technical relative efficiency of a set of Basics Units of Cooperative Production, dedicated to the culture of the sugar cane, in Villa Clara. The used methodology – non-parametric Data Envelopment Analysis - allows to compare Units that have the same economic purpose. Considering the inputs and products of each entity an ordering of these entities is provided, granting a score of relative efficiency; those that obtained the greater product level with the smaller amount of inputs will be more efficient and therefore, will obtain the highest punctuation. The obtained results demonstrate that there are still unexploited reserves of efficiency as far as the unused productive resources persist: area of cultivateable earth and number of workers. The proposed methodology was validated and is recognized the necessity to continue the study of the relevant variables in the search of the most trustworthy solutions to propose improvement plans that entail to extend the capacity of action and decision of these producing cane cooperatives.