Do differences in technical efficiency explain the adoption rate of HYV rice? Evidence from Bangladesh

Agricultural Economics Review

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 93-110

  Islam, K M Zahidul ^a   Sumelius, John ^a   Bäckman, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Pellervon taloudellinen tutkimuslaitos   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adoption; High yielding variety; Stochastic Frontier Analysis; Tobit Analysis; Traditional variety

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866238157     PISSN: 11092580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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