Water use and technical efficiencies in horticultural greenhouses in Tunisia

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1509-1516

  Frija, Aymen ^a   Chebil, Ali ^b   Speelman, Stijn ^a   Buysse, Jeroen ^a   Van Huylenbroeck, Guido ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Irrigated production; Tobit model

Indexed keywords

CURRENT OUTPUT; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; FARM LAND; FERTIGATIONS; GREENHOUSE MANAGEMENT; IRRIGATED PRODUCTION; IRRIGATION WATER USE; IRRIGATION WATER USE EFFICIENCY; IRRIGATION WATERS; POSITIVE EFFECTS; RETURNS TO SCALE; SIMILAR PATTERN; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TECHNICAL TRAINING; TOBIT MODEL; TUNISIA; WATER SAVING TECHNOLOGY; WATER USE;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; FARMS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSES; INVESTMENTS; IRRIGATION; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER ANALYSIS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; HORTICULTURE; IRRIGATION; MODELING; WATER USE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

EID: 68449100997     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2009.05.006     Document Type: Article

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