Technical efficiency among peasant farmers participating in natural resource management programmes in Central America

Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 202-219

  Solís, Daniel ^a   Bravo Ureta, Boris E ^b   Quiroga, Ricardo E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Central America; Diversi.cation economies; Soil conservation; Stochastic distance frontier; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

NATURAL RESOURCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEASANT AGRICULTURE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STOCHASTICITY; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

CENTRAL AMERICA;

EID: 58149498800     PISSN: 0021857X     EISSN: 14779552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.2008.00173.x     Document Type: Article

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