Sources of technical efficiency of sheep production systems in dry areas in Syria

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 91, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 160-169

  Shomo, F ^a   Ahmed, M ^a   Shideed, K ^a   Aw Hassan, A ^a   Erkan, O ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Sheep production; Stochastic frontier; Syria; Technical inefficiency

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77953131782     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2010.03.009     Document Type: Article

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