Comparing Estimations of Return to Scale in Mechanized and Semi-Mechanized Broiler Chick Farms Located in Gorgan City

Subject Areas : Camel

N. Alazmani ¹ , A.R. Yazdani ² , A. Darijani ³

1 - Department of Agricultural Economics, KhuzestanBranch, Islamic Azad University, Khuzestan, Iran
2 - Department of Animal Science, Gorgan University of Agricultural Science and Natural Resources, Golestan, Gorgan, Iran
3 - Department of Agricultural Economics, Gorgan University of Agricultural Science and Natural Resources, Golestan, Gorgan, Iran

Received: 2011-11-18 Accepted : 2012-03-01 Published : 2013-06-01

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