Assessing the effects of managerial and production practices on the efficiency of commercial pig farming

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 88, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 125-141

  Galanopoulos, Konstantinos ^a   Aggelopoulos, Stamatis ^b   Kamenidou, Irene ^c   Mattas, Konstadinos ^c  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Best practice; DEA; Efficiency; Frontier production function; Managerial practices; Pig farming

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; LIVESTOCK FARMING;

SUS SCROFA; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 33644504574     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2005.03.002     Document Type: Article

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