Profit efficiency among Bangladeshi rice farmers

Food Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 487-503

  Rahman, Sanzidur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Profit efficiency; Stochastic profit frontier

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; PROFITABILITY; RICE; STOCHASTICITY;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 1642562548     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2003.10.001     Document Type: Article

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