Sustainable value assessment of farms using frontier efficiency benchmarks

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3057-3069

  Van Passel, Steven ^a   Van Huylenbroeck, Guido ^b   Lauwers, Ludwig ^c   Mathijs, Erik ^d  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Benchmarks; Efficiency; Frontier method; Performance assessment; Sustainability performance; Sustainable value

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BENCHMARK; COBB-DOUGLAS; EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS; FRONTIER METHOD; FUNCTIONAL FORMS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESOURCE PRODUCTIVITY; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE; SUSTAINABLE VALUES;

EFFICIENCY;

BENCHMARKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FARM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLICY ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

ARTICLE; CAPITAL; DAIRYING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FARMING SYSTEM; LAND USE; QUALITY CONTROL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURE; BENCHMARKING; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

EID: 67749101741     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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