THE ESTIMATION OF PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS FOR SMALL-SCALE FOOD INDUSTRIES

Seyed Shahroudi
unpublished
This study aims to devise a model for planning rural development and agriculture by introducing and developing small-scale food industries. To determine which industries to introduce and on which industries to invest on in rural areas to increase employment and return the agricultural value-added to such areas, the researcher attempts to identify the characteristics of such industry and find out the share of production and employment and income to investment. To achieve this goal, therefore, a
more » ... roduction function for food industry is estimated. The present research tries to estimate the production function of agricultural industries in rural areas of Iran based on the mathematical model of Cobb-Douglas production function.
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