Application of utility-efficient programming to determine economic efficiency of turkish farmers in the central anatolian region

New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 381-391

  Cínemre, Hüseyín Avní ^a   Ceyhan, Vedat ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Efficiency analysis; Risk aversion; Stochastic efficiency; Utility efficient programming

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FARM SIZE; FARMING SYSTEM; RISK FACTOR; STOCHASTICITY;

ANATOLIA; EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 33846355635     PISSN: 01140671     EISSN: 11758783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01140671.2006.9514429     Document Type: Article

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