On the estimation of on-farm benefits of agricultural research

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 123-134

  Pannell, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Economics; Mathematical programming; Multidisciplinary research; Research evaluation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0032823502     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(99)00042-6     Document Type: Article

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