Measuring the economic inefficiency of Nepalese rice farms using data envelopment analysis

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 347-369

  Dhungana, Basanta R ^a   Nuthall, Peter L ^a   Nartea, Gilbert V ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RICE;

ASIA; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 3242876051     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2004.00243.x     Document Type: Article

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