A resource use efficiency analysis of small Bt cotton farmers in Punjab, Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-81

  Abid, Muhammad ^a   Ashfaq, Muhammad ^a   Abdul Quddus, M ^b   Avais Tahir, M ^b   Fatima, Nighat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b PERI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bt cotton; Farm size; Resource use efficiency; Small farmers

Indexed keywords

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 84864053154     PISSN: 05529034     EISSN: 20760906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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