Natural Resource Conservation and Technical Efficiency from Small-scale Farmers in Central Chile
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGR-2012-07-08 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-EFF-2012-07-08 (Efficiency and Productivity)
- NEP-ENV-2012-07-08 (Environmental Economics)
- NEP-LAM-2012-07-08 (Central and South America)
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