Measuring the costs of production based on sizes of farm operation: A study on rice farmers in Jessore District of Bangladesh

American Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 274-283

  Rahman, Shaikh Moksadur ^a   Takeda, Jun ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Cost of production; Farmer; Rice; Size of farm operation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447135086     PISSN: 15469239     EISSN: 15543641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajassp.2007.274.283     Document Type: Article

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