Exploring the drivers of technical efficiency in Senegals agricultural production sector

Telleria Juarez Roberto Ariel; Marco Antonio Romay Hochkofler

doi:10.5897/JDAE2022.1352

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Development and Agricultural Economics

Abbreviation: J. Dev. Agric. Econ.
Language: English
ISSN: 2006-9774
DOI: 10.5897/JDAE
Start Year: 2009
Published Articles: 555

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Exploring the drivers of technical efficiency in Senegal’s agricultural production sector

Telleria Juarez Roberto Ariel

Telleria Juarez Roberto Ariel
50x2030 Initiatives, Data Use Component, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Italy.
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Marco Antonio Romay Hochkofler

Marco Antonio Romay Hochkofler
50x2030 Initiatives, Data Use Component, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Italy.
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Article Number - 2C3B36C69637
Vol.14(3), pp. 105-116 , July 2022
https://doi.org/10.5897/JDAE2022.1352

Received: 19 May 2022
Accepted: 21 July 2022
Published: 30 September 2022

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