The production efficiency of intercropping annual and perennial crops in southern Ethiopia: A comparison of distance functions and production frontiers

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 51-70

  Alene, Arega D ^a   Manyong, Victor M ^a   Gockowski, James ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

DEA; Distance functions; Ethiopia; Intercropping; Stochastic frontiers

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; INTERCROPPING; PERENNIAL PLANT; STOCHASTICITY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33748456184     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2006.01.007     Document Type: Article

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