Essai d'ajustement de fonctions de production globale à un groupe d'exploitations anglaises

Taking his inspiration from an English study by Dr Knud Rasmussen, at the time head of the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Nottingham, the author of this article gives a feu) precise details about the production functions used in agriculture. The author insists upon the econometric difficulties encountered when adjusting an aggregate production function, derived from accounts of a homogeneous group of farms. Such research may lead to general useful data (production outlook, necessity of an intensified use of a particular input).