Grain and sunflower on Russian farms in 2001: How efficient is crop production?

Post-Communist Economies

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 297-305

  Grazhdaninova, Margarita ^a   Brock, Gregory ^b  

^a Institute for the Economy in Transition   (Russian Federation)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE; CROP PRODUCTION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 5044224817     PISSN: 14631377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1463137042000257537     Document Type: Article

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