Socioeconomic aspects of rice-fish farming in Bangladesh: Opportunities, challenges and production efficiency

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 199-219

  Ahmed, Nesar ^a,b   Zander, Kerstin K ^a   Garnett, Stephen T ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Cost efficiency; Data envelopment analysis; Farmer; Fish; Production frontier; Rice

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FARMING SYSTEM; FINFISH; FOOD SUPPLY; MONOCULTURE; PRODUCTIVITY; RICE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 79953793141     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2011.00535.x     Document Type: Article

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