The relationship between farm size and the technical inefficiency of production of wheat farmers in the eastern free state, province of South Africa

Agrekon

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 283-302

  Ngwenya, S A ^a   Battese, G E ^b   Fleming, E M ^b  

^a Land and Agricultural Policy Centre   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 0012675016     PISSN: 03031853     EISSN: 20780400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03031853.1997.9523466     Document Type: Article

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