Resource use efficiency in rubber estates: a methodological note

A barrier to the successful use of formal production function / regression techniques to analyse latex production problems in rubber estates is the difficulty in standardising data from different tapping systems. It is proposed in this paper that this problem can be overcome by using the "total...

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Main Author: Chew, Tek Ann
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Language:English
Published: Malaysian Agricultural Economics Association 1988
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spelling my.upm.eprints.340162015-04-15T07:02:39Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34016/ Resource use efficiency in rubber estates: a methodological note Chew, Tek Ann A barrier to the successful use of formal production function / regression techniques to analyse latex production problems in rubber estates is the difficulty in standardising data from different tapping systems. It is proposed in this paper that this problem can be overcome by using the "total surface area of the tapping cut" as the standardisation variable. We advance various arguments to show the merits in this proposal. Malaysian Agricultural Economics Association 1988 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34016/1/a46%20-%20resource%20use%20efficiency%20in%20rubber%20estates.pdf Chew, Tek Ann (1988) Resource use efficiency in rubber estates: a methodological note. The Malaysian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 5. pp. 15-19. ISSN 0127-7685
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description A barrier to the successful use of formal production function / regression techniques to analyse latex production problems in rubber estates is the difficulty in standardising data from different tapping systems. It is proposed in this paper that this problem can be overcome by using the "total surface area of the tapping cut" as the standardisation variable. We advance various arguments to show the merits in this proposal.
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Resource use efficiency in rubber estates: a methodological note
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title Resource use efficiency in rubber estates: a methodological note
title_short Resource use efficiency in rubber estates: a methodological note
title_full Resource use efficiency in rubber estates: a methodological note
title_fullStr Resource use efficiency in rubber estates: a methodological note
title_full_unstemmed Resource use efficiency in rubber estates: a methodological note
title_sort resource use efficiency in rubber estates: a methodological note
publisher Malaysian Agricultural Economics Association
publishDate 1988
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