Resource-productivity, allocative efficiency and determinants of technical efficiency of rainfed rice farmers: A guide for food security policy in Nigeria

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 224-233

  Ogundari, Kolawole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allocative efficiency; Food policy; Resource productivity; Rice; Technical inefficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 46649107971     PISSN: 0139570X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/246-agricecon     Document Type: Article

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