Innovation and total factor productivity in organic farming

Applied Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 3075-3087

  Karafillis, Chrysovalantis ^a   Papanagiotou, Evaggelos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; ORGANIC FARMING; PROFITABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

GREECE;

EID: 79961067781     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840903427240     Document Type: Article

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