1. Dept. of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran 2. Dept. of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran 3. Dept. of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 4. Minimally Invasive Surgery Re...

iran isone of the main pistachiogrowersinthe world. kerman province is the largest grower of pistachio and sirjan is one of the most important pistachio production areas of kerman province. it is important to the study of efficiency status of pistachio growers and improvetheir efficiency and optimum use of resources in the production. the purpose of this study was to determinationtechnical effi...

1 Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2 Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran 3 Department of Biostatistics, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran 4 Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanj...

Recognizing the critical role of agricultural sector in the overall growth as well as development performance, this study estimates total factor productivity (TFP) in Indian agriculture at state-level. Using Index of Agricultural Production as the measure of output, changes in TFP are estimated using non-parametric Sequential Malmquist TFP index. The TFP change is decomposed into efficiency cha...

This paper attempts to analyse the total factor productivity (TFP) growth rate in Malaysia during 1971 – 2004 and to discuss factors that determine TFP growth. Data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach is used to estimate the changes in the production frontier. The Malmquist productivity index has decomposed total factor productivity into technological change (TECHCH) and technical efficiency ch...

Objective In this study, the levels and antioxidant activities of some secondary metabolites isolated from five pistachio (Pistacia vera) cultivars collected from four different geographical regions of Iran, were studied. Materials and Methods Total phenolic compounds levels were determined by Folin-Ciocalteu method. Total flavonoid content was determined as AlCl3 complex and expressed as mg ...

Benefiting from historically favorable conditions (e.g. low costs, fertile land, and abundant water), pistachio producers in Rafsanjan, Iran, have flourished, with orchards production growing dramatically since the 1970s. Today, however, enormous increase water consumption associated has severely depleted groundwater aquifers, causing widespread shortages region. In this article, we develop a c...

Random fluctuations in temperature and precipitation have substantial impacts on agricultural output. However, the contribution of these changing configurations in weather to total factor productivity (TFP) growth has not been addressed explicitly in econometric analyses. Thus, the key objective of this study is to quantify and to investigate the role of changing weather patterns in explaining ...

The pistachio psylla, Agonoscena pistaciae Burckhardt and Lauterer (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) is a major pest of pistachio trees, Pistacia vera L. (Sapindalis: Anacardiaceae) throughout pistachio-producing regions in Iran. Different density levels of A. pistaciae nymphs were maintained on pistachio trees by different insecticide dosages to evaluate the relationship between nymph density and yield l...

Theories suggesting either static or dynamic productivity gains derived from exports often assume the prior existence of a perfect market. In the presence of market failure, however, the competition effect and the resource reallocation effect of exports on productive efficiency may be greatly reduced; and there may actually be disincentives for innovation. This paper analyses the impact of expo...