Technical efficiency and productivity of maize producers in eastern Ethiopia: A study of farmers within and outside the Sasakawa-Global 2000 project

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 341-348

  Seyoum, E T ^a   Battese, G E ^b   Fleming, E M ^b  

^a University of New England ^*  (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE; CROP PRODUCTION; MAIZE; PRODUCTIVITY; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 0032403575     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5150(98)00037-1     Document Type: Article

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