Suggestions for reformation in sheep farms based on production cost

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 561-566

  Aggelopoulos, S ^a   Soutsas, K ^a   Pavloudi, A ^a   Sinapis, E ^b   Petkou, D ^a  

^a ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Financing; Principal component analysis; Production costs; Restructuring; Sheep farming

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FARMING SYSTEM; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SHEEP FARMING;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 73949097527     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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