Assessing the technical efficiency in potato production in Iran

International Journal of Green Energy

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 229-242

  Pahlavan, Reza ^a   Rafiee, Shahin ^a   Omid, Mahmoud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Energy; Potato; Technical efficiency; Yield

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE;

AVERAGE VALUES; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE; DECISION-MAKING UNITS; ENERGY; ENERGY RATIO; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; ENERGY USE; INPUT ENERGY; NET ENERGY; NON-PARAMETRIC; OUTPUT ENERGY; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; POTATO; PRODUCTION ACTIVITY; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; YIELD;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ENERGY USE; POTATO; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

IRAN;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84975797026     PISSN: 15435075     EISSN: 15435083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15435075.2011.621479     Document Type: Article

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