A study of economic efficiency of Iranian farmers in Ramjerd district: An application of stochastic programming

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 73-83

  Torkamani, Javad ^a   Hardaker, J Brian ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EFFICIENCY; AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FARM PRODUCTIVITY; FARMERS' BEHAVIOUR; RISK AVERSION; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING;

IRAN, RAMJERD DISTRICT;

EID: 0030176710     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-5150(96)01180-2     Document Type: Article

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