Production efficiency in the von Liebig model

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1271-1278

  Holloway, Garth ^a   Paris, Quirino ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0036961292     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8276.00389     Document Type: Article

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