Productivity, efficiency and structural problems in Chinese dairy farms

China Agricultural Economic Review

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 168-175

  Yu, Xiaohua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agriculture; China; Chinese dairy farmers; Farms; Productive capacity; Productivity; Structural problems; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860736679     PISSN: 1756137X     EISSN: 17561388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17561371211224755     Document Type: Review

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