Eco-efficiency assessment of olive farms in Andalusia

Land Use Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 395-406

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c University of Valencia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Data Envelopment Analysis; Economic ecological efficiency; Environmental pressures; Olive grove; Spain

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CULTIVATION; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; RURAL AREA;

ANDALUCIA; SPAIN;

EID: 80053971279     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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