Multidimensional goals of beef and dairy producers: An inter-industry comparison

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 103-114

  Basarir, Aydin ^a   Gillespie, Jeffrey M ^b  

^a GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuzzy pair wise comparison method; Nonparametric tests; Producers' goals

Indexed keywords

DAIRY FARMING; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; LIVESTOCK FARMING;

LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744931429     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2006.00143.x     Document Type: Article

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