Technical efficiency of alternative farming systems: The case of Greek organic and conventional olive-growing farms

Food Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 549-569

  Tzouvelekas, Vangelis ^a   Pantzios, Christos J ^b   Fotopoulos, Christos ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Greece; Olive farming; Organic farming; Stochastic frontier

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; FARMING SYSTEM; ORGANIC FARMING; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

GREECE;

EID: 0035672463     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9192(01)00007-0     Document Type: Article

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