Agricultural productivity changes induced by the sloping land conversion program: An analysis of wuqi county in the loess plateau region

Environmental Management

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 541-550

  Yao, Shunbo ^a   Li, Hua ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Land conversion; Malmquist index method; Scale economy; Technical efficiency; Technological change; Total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

LAND CONVERSION; MALMQUIST INDICES; SCALE ECONOMIES; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

CONSERVATION; TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY;

PRODUCTIVITY;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; LAND MANAGEMENT; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CROP MANAGEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; CROPLAND; CROPPING SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LOESS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRODUCTIVITY; RURAL AREA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGRICULTURE; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; INCOME; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOIL; WATER MOVEMENTS;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 77952067676     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-009-9416-3     Document Type: Article

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