Lowland farming system inefficiency in Benin (West Africa): Directional distance function and truncated bootstrap approach

Food Security

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 367-382

  Singbo, Alphonse G ^a,b   Lansink, Alfons Oude ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DES RECHERCHES AGRICOLES DU BÉNIN   (Benin)

Author keywords

Benin; Bootstrap; Inefficiency; Lowlands

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FARMING SYSTEM; FERTILIZER; FOOD SECURITY; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PROFITABILITY; RICE; VEGETABLE;

BENIN [WEST AFRICA];

EID: 78649332635     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-010-0086-z     Document Type: Article

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