The effect of crop insurance in Ecuadorian rice farming: a technical efficiency approach

The aim of this study is to estimate the technical efficiency of the massive and economically important crop of rice in Ecuador, and then conduct a comparison between groups of farmers with and without insurance.The authors use an input-oriented data envelopment analysis approach (DEA) to estimate t...

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Main Authors: Castro, Marcelo, Reyes Duarte, Alvaro, Villegas, Andrés, Chanci, Luis
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Emerald Publishing Limited 2023
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149188

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