Estimating shadow prices and efficiency analysis of productive inputs and pesticide use of vegetable production

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 245, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 265-272

  Singbo, Alphonse G ^a,b,c,d   Lansink, Alfons Oude ^c   Emvalomatis, Grigorios ^e  

^a INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (Mali)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUT NATIONAL DES RECHERCHES AGRICOLES DU BÉNIN   (Benin)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Input specific efficiency; Pesticides; Shadow prices; Smooth bootstrap; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; STATISTICAL METHODS; VEGETABLES;

ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY; BOOTSTRAP TECHNIQUE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS; SHADOW PRICE; SMOOTH BOOTSTRAP; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; VEGETABLE PRODUCTIONS;

PESTICIDES;

EID: 84927966851     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2015.02.042     Document Type: Article

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