Technical efficiency of carp production in Nepal: An application of stochastic frontier production function approach

Aquaculture Economics and Management

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 129-140

  Sharma, Khem R ^a   Leung, Pingsun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Carp production; Nepal; Stochastic production frontier; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION; STOCHASTIC PROCESS; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

NEPAL;

EID: 0032454411     PISSN: 13657305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13657309809380224     Document Type: Article

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