Measuring efficiency of cotton cultivation in Pakistan: A restricted production frontier study

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 94, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 3038-3045

  Watto, Muhammad Arif ^a,b   Mugera, Amin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Restricted and unrestricted translog production function; Stochastic frontier analysis; Technical efficiency of cotton

Indexed keywords

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

GROUND WATER;

ECONOMICS; GOSSYPIUM; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); PAKISTAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; GOSSYPIUM; GROUNDWATER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PAKISTAN; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 84916898605     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.6652     Document Type: Article

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