Evaluarea performanței culegătorilor de produse forestiere nelemnoase din Republica Moldova prin intermediul metodei neparametrice de analiză a frontierei posibilităților de producție (DEA)

Abstract

Evaluation of performance of the use of non-wood forest products in the Republic of Moldova through the non-parametric method of data envelopment analysis (DEA). The paper addresses a current and important topic whose study is absolutely necessary for society and non-wood forest products sector (NWFP). The high scientific and practical importance of the issue, especially in rural areas, was the main motivation of the study. Choosing this topic was also justified by theminterest for NWFP at national and international level. The keystone hypothesis of the research it is whether non-timber forest products are a food source that ensures health, a family income and what the depends efficiency of harvesters. The goal of the study was to assess the performance of collecting NWFP by the non-parametric method of data envelopment analysis (DEA). The primary data needed for the application of the non-parametric methodology were collected from 510 persons located in 164 localities pending to 16 districts of the Republic of Moldova. The survey included 172 variables that described the basic activities in the NWFP collection process. The statistical processing of the primary database was made using the application SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences), by the principal component analysis, based on some nominal and numerical variables. The results show the most efficient NWFP collectors work on degraded lands, managed by the municipalities, for sale, harvesting them by shaking or cutting, processing them into dry form, where there is a collection point where there is a collection point. The standard profile of efficient collectors also assumes that they go picking with acquaintances, travels by car up to 10 km and consider that this activity contributes a lot to the family's income.