Total-Factor Energy Efficiency in China’s Agricultural Sector: Trends, Disparities and Potentials

This paper investigates total-factor energy efficiency and analyses the trends of the efficiency changes in China’s agricultural production across 30 provinces and three regions from 2001 to 2011, based on data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach. The potential amount of energy savings and five pote...

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Main Authors: Zhihai Yang, Dong Wang, Tianyi Du, Anlu Zhang, Yixiao Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-04-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/11/4/853