Agro-climatic conditions and regional technical inefficiencies in agriculture

Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 269-280

  Demir, Nazmi ^a   Mahmud, Syed F ^a  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 0036873650     PISSN: 00083976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7976.2002.tb00337.x     Document Type: Article

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