Technical efficiency of rice, groundnut and cotton farms in Tamil Nadu

Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 101-114

  Shanmugam, K R ^a  

^a MADRAS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE; COTTON; CROP PRODUCTION; GROUNDNUT; RICE; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

INDIA;

EID: 0038353442     PISSN: 00195014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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