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Iran has limited water resources and attention has been focused on selecting agricultural subsectors, such as dairy farming, that maximise economic returns to this limited resource. The study measures the levels of production efficiency of a sample of modern farms located in the Hamadan province of north-west Iran. Though the production levels of modern farms are higher than those of traditional farms, levels of production efficiency are in many cases well below potential resulting in lower profit margins and less investment in dairy farming. This study was concerned with quantifying efficiency in a sample of modern dairy farms.

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Economic Efficiency of Milk Production for Different Sizes of Modern Dairy Farms in Hamadan Province, Iran

Iran has limited water resources and attention has been focused on selecting agricultural subsectors, such as dairy farming, that maximise economic returns to this limited resource. The study measures the levels of production efficiency of a sample of modern farms located in the Hamadan province of north-west Iran. Though the production levels of modern farms are higher than those of traditional farms, levels of production efficiency are in many cases well below potential resulting in lower profit margins and less investment in dairy farming. This study was concerned with quantifying efficiency in a sample of modern dairy farms.