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Comparisons of the efficiency of different systems can only be made where both the products produced and the resources used are sufficiently similar or where they can be expressed in comparable terms.
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Food Production and Consumption. Eds A. N. Duckham, J. G. W. Jones and E. H. Roberts, 1976. North Holland & American Elsevier.
Biological Efficiency in Agriculture. C. R. W. Spedding, J. M. Walsingham and A. M. Hoxey, 1981. Academic Press.
Spedding, C. R. W., 1984. Energy use in the food chain. Span 27(3), 116–118.
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Spedding, C.R.W. (1988). The Relative Efficiency of Production Systems. In: An Introduction to Agricultural Systems. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6408-5_14
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