Analysing farming systems with Data Envelopment Analysis: Citrus farming in Spain

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-30

  Reig Martínez, Ernest ^a,b   Picazo Tadeo, Andrés J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b University of Valencia   (Spain)

Author keywords

C61; Citrus farming; Competitiveness; Data Envelopment Analysis; Productive efficiency; Q12

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; FARMING SYSTEM; FRUIT PRODUCTION; YIELD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CITRUS;

EID: 3242656399     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2003.12.002     Document Type: Article

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