Studies of total factor productivity in livestock production are rare, but when available provide useful information … especially in the context of developing countries such as China where livestock is becoming more important in the domestic … agricultural economy. We estimate total factor productivity (TFP) for four major livestock products in China employing the …

productivity (TFP) growth for crops and livestock accounting for input-output allocation. This paper extends previous work on TFP … measurement for livestock into ruminants and non-ruminant productivity measurement, given the differences in productivity growth … most of the productivity growth within the livestock sector. Given the rapid rates of productivity growth observed recently …