Crops and livestock productivity growth in the prairies: The impacts of technical change and scale

Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 379-394

  Stewart, Bryce ^a   Veeman, Terrence ^a   Unterschultz, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 68849098763     PISSN: 00083976     EISSN: 17447976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7976.2009.01157.x     Document Type: Article

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