Sense and sustainability revisited: The limits of total factor productivity measures of sustainable agricultural systems

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 227-236

  Byerlee, Derek ^a   Murgai, Rinku ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural sustainability; Resource degradation; Resource quality indicators; Total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; FARMING SYSTEM; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 0035210702     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5150(00)00131-6     Document Type: Article

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