Diversification economies and specialisation efficiencies in a mixed food and coffee smallholder farming system in Papua New Guinea

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 2-3 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 229-239

  Coelli, Tim ^a   Fleming, Euan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diversification economies; Input distance function; Papua New Guinea; Smallholders; Specialisation efficiencies; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

CASH CROPPING; COFFEE; FARMING SYSTEM; FOOD PRODUCTION; SMALLHOLDER; SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

BENABENA; EASTERN HIGHLANDS; MELANESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; WORLD;

IPOMOEA BATATAS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 9644291882     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agecon.2004.09.010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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