Social changes, economic performance and development: The case of goat production in Oman

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 54, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 131-140

  Zaibet, L ^a   Dharmapala, P S ^b   Boughanmi, H ^b   Mahgoub, O ^b   Al Marshudi, A ^b  

^a University of Carthage Tunisia   (Tunisia)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

DEA; Goats; Oman; Policy; Returns to scale; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 3142605106     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2003.11.002     Document Type: Article

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