Agricultural production performance of municipalities belonging to Rural Development Office Andradina, SP, Brazil

Abstract:

The assignment of the Rural Development Offices (EDR) is execution of activities related to regional plans and municipal rural development. The objective of work was to analyze the agricultural efficiency thirteen municipalities belonging to EDR of Andradina/SP, by multivariate statistics and data envelopment analysis (DEA). The analyzes allowed conclude that most units working inefficiently, with Valparaíso and Bento de Abreu highlight municipalities.

Key words:
grouping; Andradina; agricultural efficiency; multivariate statistics; DEA