High technical efficiency of farms in two different agricultural lands: A study under deterministic production frontier approach

Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 197-208

  Sarker, Debnarayan ^a   De, Sudpita ^a  

^a PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; HIGH YIELDING VARIETY; IRRIGATION; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 6444226569     PISSN: 00195014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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