Economic Efficiency of Caspian cattle feedlot farms

Asian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-32

  Ghorbani, A ^a   Mirmahdavi, S A ^a   Rahimabadi, E ^a  

^a Ministry of Jihad e Agriculture   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cattle; Data envelopment analysis; Production; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

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EID: 67649185710     PISSN: 18191878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ajas.2009.25.32     Document Type: Article

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