Technical efficiency of carp pond culture in peninsula Malaysia: An application of stochastic production frontier and technical inefficiency model

Aquaculture

Volumn 175, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 199-213

  Iinuma, Mitsuo ^a   Sharma, Khem R ^a   Leung, Pingsun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carp; Malaysia; Polyculture; Stochastic production frontier; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; MODEL; PRODUCTIVITY;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 0033574844     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(99)00033-2     Document Type: Article

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