THE TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC LEVEL OF DISC HARROWS OF DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN PRODUCTION

DOI 10.32651/2011-57

Issue № 11, 2020, article № 11, pages 57-61

Section: Problems of agroeconomic researches

Language: Russian

Original language title: ТЕХНИКО-ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКИЙ УРОВЕНЬ ДИСКОВЫХ БОРОН ОТЕЧЕСТВЕННОГО И ЗАРУБЕЖНОГО ПРОИЗВОДСТВА

Keywords: DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS, TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC LEVEL, AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY, DISC HARROWS

Abstract: To assess the technical and economic level of disc harrows, we apply the data envelopment analysis methodology. Calculations are made for 33 domestic and foreign brands using a non-oriented SBM model with variable returns to scale. Retail prices of these machines in the Russian market act as the only input expended by the buyer, and the technical characteristics of the harrows (working width, weight, minimum required tractor power) represent the outputs. Since the available technical characteristics are not enough to determine the quality of the performance of technological operations by harrows - based on the technical parameters of disc harrows, the buyer cannot get an idea of the quality of soil breaking up, weed cutting, etc. - it is proposed to compensate for the lack of technical information by evaluating brands, which will be considered as an additional type of output in the SBM model. In this article, the assessment of brands is carried out according to a simplified scheme. Thus, foreign brands of disc harrows (well-known brands) are estimated by the volume of Deere's revenue for 2019 (the maximum sales volume among the world companies producing agricultural machinery), and the volume of Rostselmash's revenue for the same period is the basis for evaluating Russian brands (the maximum sales volume among similar enterprises in Russia). The obtained results of calculating the SBM model indicate the potential for the development of domestic agricultural machinery, since a number of Russian disc harrows received the highest technical and economic level.

Authors: Korotchenia Valerii Mikhailovich