Determination of efficient and inefficient units for watermelon production-a case study: Guilan province of Iran

In this study, data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach was utilized for optimizing required energy and comparing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions between efficient and inefficient units for watermelon production in Guilan province of Iran. For this purpose, two models including constant returns to sc...

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Main Authors: Ashkan Nabavi-Pelesaraei, Reza Abdi, Shahin Rafiee, Iraj Bagheri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-06-01
Series:Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1658077X14000575