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Brazil's agricultural total factor productivity growth by farm size
Helfand, Steven M.; Magalhães, Marcelo; Rada, Nicholas E. - 2015
country's dual agricultural policy focus towards large commercial agribusiness enterprises, led by the Ministry of Agriculture …
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Productivity and the performance of agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean : from the lost decade to the commodity boom
Nin, Alejandro; Falconi, César A.; Ludena, Carlos E.; … - 2015
This study analyzes the performance of Latin America and the Caribbean's agriculture between 1980 and 2012 looking at … performance of agriculture was the result of fast growth in the use of fertilizer, increases in land productivity, and growth in … contributed significantly to the improved performance of agriculture. Observed growth patterns at the country level suggest that …
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Making agricultural value chains more inclusive through technology and innovation
Das Nair, Reena; Landani, Namhla - 2020
Some entry barriers in agricultural and agro-processing value chains, particularly for smallholder farmers and small/medium-sized processors, can be overcome with innovation and technology adoption. Technologies and innovation in these sectors have been both radical and incremental, ranging...
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Chapter 72 Total Factor Productivity Growth in Agriculture : The Role of Technological Capital
Dias Avila, Antonio Flavio; Evenson, Robert E. - In: Handbook of agricultural economics : volume 4, (pp. 3769-3822). 2010
In this chapter we compute measures of total factor productivity (TFP) growth for developing countries and then contrast TFP growth with technological capital indexes. In developing these indexes, we incorporate schooling capital to yield two new indexes: Invention-Innovation Capital and...
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Monitoring agricultural productivity for sustainable production and R&D planning
Laborde Debucquet, David; Piñeiro, Valeria - 2018
Argentina’s G20 presidency has emphasized the need to improve soil management and sustainably increase agricultural productivity to achieve an inclusive and resilient food future. While increased agricultural productivity can improve economic welfare and help address food security problems by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011946855
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Monitoring agricultural productivity for sustainable production and R&D planning
Laborde Debucquet, David; Piñeiro, Valeria - 2018
Argentina's G20 presidency has emphasized the needs to improve soil management and increase agricultural productivity in a sustainable way to achieve an inclusive and resilient food future. While increases in agricultural productivity improve economic welfare and can help address food security...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011897805
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Advancing agricultural economic growth through technology innovation and structural transformation : a multilevel analysis
Li, Chenggang; Luo, Cong; Jia, Hongye; Yue, Mu; Wu, Liang - In: Journal of innovation & knowledge : JIK 10 (2025) 4, pp. 1-14
The agricultural economy plays an irreplaceable and crucial role in ensuring national food security, promoting stable economic growth, and fostering harmonious social development. Agricultural technology innovation (ATI) and rural industrial structure transformation (RIST) are key drivers of...
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Valuing meteorological services in resource-constrained settings : application to smallholder farmers in the Peruvian Altiplano
Brausmann, Alexandra; Flubacher, Moritz; Lechthaler, Filippo - 2019
Changing climate and weather patterns have resulted in reduced agricultural productivity in some parts of the world and put pressure on global food security. Availability and improved quality of meteorological information is seen as a potentially propitious means of adaptation to changing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012053352
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Agricultural financing to guarantee food safety in an emerging nation : a case study of Nigeria
Omodero, Cordelia Onyinyechi; Ehikioya, Benjamin - In: Verslas : teorija ir praktika : Vilniaus Gedimino … 23 (2022) 1, pp. 53-59
Investment in agriculture is very crucial in the present situation of Nigeria. The effort to overcome food insecurity …, the right step to take is to adequately finance agriculture in order to ensure sufficient food production and safety that … will save the future of the country. This study emphasizes on investment in agriculture to guarantee food security in …
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Agricultural Trade Reform, Reallocation and Technical Change : Evidence from the Canadian Prairies
Brown, W. Mark - 2017
We decompose the impact of trade reform on technology adoption and land use to study how aggregate changes were driven by reallocation versus within-farm adaptation. Using detailed census data covering over 30,000 farms in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Canada we find a range of new...
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