Assessing farming eco-efficiency: A Data Envelopment Analysis approach

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1154-1164

  Picazo Tadeo, Andrés J ^a   Gómez Limón, José A ^b   Reig Martínez, Ernest ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

^c University of Valencia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bootstrapping; Data Envelopment Analysis; Economic ecological efficiency; Environmental pressures; Farming

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; FARMS; PUBLIC POLICY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM; ANALYSIS APPROACH; BOOTSTRAPPING; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE; ECO-EFFICIENCY; ECOLOGICAL EFFICIENCY; ECONOMIC-ECOLOGICAL EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS; FARMING;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

PESTICIDE; PHOSPHORUS;

BOOTSTRAPPING; COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EDUCATION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; NITROGEN BALANCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN;

BRAZIL; CASTILLA Y LEON; SPAIN;

EID: 79251627125     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.11.025     Document Type: Article

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