Technical efficiency analysis for oilseed sunflower farms: A case study in Erzurum, Turkey

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1508-1512

  Külekçi, Murat ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Oilseed sunflower; Stochastic production frontier; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

SUNFLOWER OIL; VEGETABLE OIL;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PLANT SEED; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUNFLOWER; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); PROCEDURES; TURKEY;

AGRICULTURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HELIANTHUS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PLANT OILS; SEEDS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TURKEY;

HELIANTHUS;

EID: 77954363498     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.3975     Document Type: Article

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