Assessing the technical efficiency of energy use in different barberry production systems

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 27, Issue , 2012, Pages 126-132

  Mousavi Avval, Seyed Hashem ^a   Mohammadi, Ali ^a,b   Rafiee, Shahin ^a   Tabatabaeefar, Ahmad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Barberry production; DEA; Energy efficiency; Energy input; Farm size

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION TILLAGE; DEA; ENERGY INPUTS; ENERGY USE; ENERGY-USE EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINTS; FARM SIZE; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TOTAL ENERGY; TOTAL ENERGY REQUIREMENT; WATER PUMPING SYSTEMS; YIELD VALUE;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DIESEL FUELS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY RESOURCES; PEST CONTROL;

FARMS;

BERBERIS;

EID: 84856408550     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.01.014     Document Type: Article

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