Analyzes of the environmental, economic and social efficiencies of rural settlements in Mato Grosso Do Sul (MS) through Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)

Abstract

This work aimed to analyze rural settlement efficiencies through the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) technique, to identify the levels of efficiency in the environmental, economic and social (eco-efficiency) segments of these settlements. For this purpose, primary data from the database of the National Institute of Colonization and Agrarian Reform of Mato Grosso do Sul (INCRA - MS), for the year 2015, were used for a sample of twenty - nine rural settlements linked to family agriculture state of Mato Grosso do Sul. A matrix of data of quantitative variables listed as inputs or products was constructed. For the calculation of the eco-efficiency index, the Integrated Decision Support System (SIAD) program developed by Universidade Federal Fluminense - UFF was used. To facilitate the achievement of the overall objective, the following specific objectives were outlined: classifying settlements into efficient and inefficient productive units, determining efficient settlements that will serve as benchmarking for inefficient settlements in order to become efficient; determine the excesses or limitations in the use of inputs and outputs that make it difficult for inefficient units to become efficient. This is an exploratory descriptive exploratory, documentary, quantitative approach. The results showed that the most important factors to reach the efficiency of inefficient settlements were related to the inputs and products of the economic segment, exposing the vulnerability of the settlements in the composition of their family income.