Productivity and environmental performance in marketing cooperatives: An analysis of the Spanish horticultural sector

Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 479-500

  Galdeano Gómez, Emilio ^a   Céspedes Lorente, José ^a   Rodríguez Rodríguez, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Environmental performance; Horticultural sector; Marketing cooperative; Parametric approach; Productivity

Indexed keywords

AGROINDUSTRY; HORTICULTURE; MARKET CONDITIONS; MARKETING; PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 33748892695     PISSN: 0021857X     EISSN: 14779552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.2006.00061.x     Document Type: Article

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