Technical efficiency measures and its determinants for olive producing farms in Tunisia: A stochastic frontier analysis

African Development Review

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 580-591

  Lachaal, Lassaad ^a   Karray, Boubaker ^b   Dhebibi, Boubaker ^c   Chebil, Ali ^d  

^a AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (Tunisia)

^b INSTITUT DE L OLIVIER   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROP PERFORMANCE; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FRUIT PRODUCTION; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

EID: 33645307359     PISSN: 10176772     EISSN: 14678268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1017-6772.2006.00129.x     Document Type: Article

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