Farm size, relative efficiency and agrarian policy in Cote d'Ivoire: Profit function analysis of rice farms

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 93-102

  Adesina, Akinwumi A ^a,c   Djato, Kouakou K ^b  

^a AFRICA RICE CENTER AFRICARICE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN REFORM; AGRICULTURAL EFFICIENCY; AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FARM SIZE; PROFIT FUNCTION ANALYSIS; PROFIT FUNCTION APPROACH; RICE PRODUCTION;

COTE D'IVOIRE;

EID: 0030176712     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-5150(96)01181-4     Document Type: Article

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