Productivity and technical efficiency of poultry egg production in Nigeria

International Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 459-464

  Ojo, S O ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Nigeria; Productivity; Stochastic frontier production; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646363240     PISSN: 16828356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijps.2003.459.464     Document Type: Article

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