Optimization of energy consumption of dairy farms using data envelopment analysis – A case study: Qazvin city of Iran

The aim of this study was to use the data envelopment analysis for determining the energy efficiency and find the optimum energy consumption in dairy farms of Qazvin city of Iran. In this study have been used from two approaches constant returns to scale and variable returns to scale model of data e...

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Main Authors: Homa Hosseinzadeh-Bandbafha, Dariush Safarzadeh, Ebrahim Ahmadi, Ashkan Nabavi-Pelesaraei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-07-01
Series:Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1658077X16300017