The evolution of productivity performance on China's dairy farms in the new millennium

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 7074-7085

  Ma, H ^a   Oxley, L ^b   Rae, A ^c   Fan, C ^d   Huang, J ^e   Rozelle, S ^f  

^a HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d Beijing Municipal Bureau of Finance   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Dairy farm; Technical efficiency; Total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHINA; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHINA; DAIRYING; FEMALE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC;

BOS;

EID: 84869506835     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2012-5529     Document Type: Article

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