Productivity Growth in Agriculture

by Fuglie, Keith O.; Wang, Sun Ling; Ball, V. Eldon; Conklin, Neil

• ISBN13: 9781845939212
• ISBN10: 1845939212
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-11-30
• Publisher: Cab Intl

Summary

Increasing food prices have renewed concerns about long-run agricultural demand and supply in the global economy. This book looks at results, methods, and data on international agricultural productivity for a better understanding of long-run trends and the policies that determine them. By presenting an international assessment of total factor productivity growth in agriculture, including up-to-date empirical analysis for developed and developing countries and regions, it provides a response to the rising global scarcity of agricultural production. Essential reading for researchers, policy makers and students.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. vii
Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgements and Disclaimer	p. xi
Introduction to Productivity Growth in Agriculture	p. 1
Agricultural Productivity in Developed and Transition Countries
Accounting for the Impact of Local and Spill-in Public Research, Extension and Roads on US Regional Agricultural Productivity, 1980-2004	p. 13
Measurement of Canadian Agricultural Productivity Growth	p. 33
Measuring Productivity of the Australian Broadacre and Dairy Industries: Concepts, Methodology and Data	p. 73
Is Agricultural Productivity Growth Slowing in Western Europe?	p. 109
Agricultural Productivity Paths in Central and Eastern European Countries and the Former Soviet Union: The Role of Reforms, Initial Conditions and Induced Technological Change	p. 127
Agricultural Productivity in Asia and Latin America
Total Factor Productivity in Brazilian Agriculture	p. 145
Agricultural Productivity in China: National and Regional Growth Patterns, 1993-2005	p. 163
Structural Transformation and Agricultural Productivity in India	p. 181
Shifting Sources of Agricultural Growth in Indonesia: A Regional Analysis	p. 199
Total Factor Productivity in Thai Agriculture: Measurement and Determinants	p. 215
Agricultural Productivity in Africa
Constraints to Raising Agricultural Productivity in Sub-Sabaran Africa	p. 237
Agricultural Productivity and Policy Changes in Sub-Saharan Africa	p. 273
South African Agricultural Production and Investment Patterns
Global Perspectives on Agricultural Productivity
Measures of Fixed Capital in Agriculture	p. 313
Productivity Growth and Technology Capital in the Global Agricultural Economy	p. 335
Index	p. 369
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