The high price of sweetness: The twin challenges of efficiency and soil erosion in Fiji's sugar industry

Ecological Economics

Volumn 66, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 468-477

  Mahadevan, Renuka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Land tenure; Production frontier; Soil erosion; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

FOOD INDUSTRY; LAND TENURE; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SUGAR; SUGAR CANE; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

FIJI; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 44349185080     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.10.011     Document Type: Article

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