Study on energy use efficiency for paddy crop using data envelopment analysis (DEA) technique

Applied Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 1320-1325

  Nassiri, Seyed Mehdi ^a   Singh, Surendra ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING   (India)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Energy ratio; Paddy; Specific energy; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CROPS; CULTIVATION; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROP PRODUCTION SYSTEMS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE; EFFICIENCY AND PERFORMANCE; ENERGY RATIO; PADDY; SPECIFIC ENERGY; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

CROP PRODUCTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY USE; PADDY FARMING;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; PUNJAB [INDIA]; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 61749091530     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2008.10.007     Document Type: Article

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