Benchmarking productive efficiency of selected wheat areas in Pakistan and India using data envelopment analysis

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 383-394

  Malana, Naeem M ^a   Malano, Hector M ^b  

^a Food and Agriculture Organisation   (Afghanistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; DEA; India; Irrigation productivity; Pakistan; Productive efficiency; Wheat

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33750512330     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: 15310361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.264     Document Type: Article

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