Development and application of a bioeconomic efficiency index for beef cattle production in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

An index was developed to estimate the bioeconomic efficiency of production systems, identifying alternative scenarios that could improve their efficiency, and building isoefficiency relations in beef cattle production systems in Rio Grande do Sul. The concept of return on investment was used to dev...

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Main Authors: Vinícius do Nascimento Lampert, Júlio Otávio Jardim Barcellos, Francisco José Kliemann Neto, Leonardo Canali Canellas, Matheus Dhein Dill, Maria Eugênia Andrighetto Canozzi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 2012-03-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982012000300042