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TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY UNDER PRODUCER’S INDIVIDUAL TECHNOLOGY: A METAFRONTIER ANALYSIS

Wang, Xiaobing; Hockmann, Heinrich - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012

production technology is used to measure the interactions of technology adoption with time, input factors and output. Second …, linear programming techniques are employed to envelop the optimal level of technology. This procedure is applied to household … assumption that farming technology exhibits region-specific characteristics. Furthermore, there is a disparity of TE across …

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Technology Capital: The Price of Admission to the Growth Club

Evenson, Robert E.; Fuglie, Keith O. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009

and examine the relationship between investments in technology capital and productivity. To measure agricultural total … growth. For technology capital we construct two indexes reflecting national capacities in agricultural research and education …-extension for 87 developing countries. We then correlate technology capital levels with long-term growth rates in agricultural TFP …

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Organic Rural Innovation Systems and Networks: Findings From a Study of Ethiopian Smallholders

Spielman, David J.; Davis, Kristin E.; Negash, Martha; … - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008

Agriculture in Ethiopia is changing. New players, relationships, and policies are influencing the ways in which information and knowledge are used by smallholders. While this growing complexity suggests opportunities for Ethiopian smallholders, too little is known about how these opportunities...

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AUTOMATION OR OPENNESS?: TECHNOLOGY AND TRADE IMPACTS ON COSTS AND LABOR COMPOSITION IN THE FOOD SYSTEM

Morrison Paul, Catherine J.; Siegel, Donald - Department of Resource Economics, University of … - 1997

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Economic Returns to Public Agricultural Research

Fuglie, Keith O.; Heisey, Paul W. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2007

Over the last several decades, the U.S. agricultural sector has sustained impressive productivity growth. The Nation's agricultural research system, including Federal-State public research as well as private-sector research, has been a key driver of this growth. Economic analysis finds strong...

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Agricultural profitability and technical efficiency: the case of pineapple and potato in SW Uganda

Bonabana-Wabbi, Jackline; Mugonola, B.; Ajibo, S.; … - In: African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 08 (2013) 3

In this study we investigate the profitability of potato and pineapple enterprises and the technical efficiency and drivers of efficiency among potato farmers, chosen purposively within IAR4D project sites in southwestern Uganda. For enterprise profitability, a non-parametric net crop revenue...

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Measuring Total Factor Productivity Change for Agricultural Cooperatives in Japan: A Nonparametric Malmquist Indices Approach

Kondo, Katsunobu; Yamamoto, Yasutaka; Sasaki, Jun - In: Journal of Rural Cooperation 36 (2008) 2

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the productivity change for agricultural cooperatives in Japan measured by nonparametric outputoriented Malmquist indices of total factor productivity. The productivity change is decomposed into technical change and technical efficiency change. Linear...

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Farm productivity and efficiency in the CEE applicant countries: a synthesis of results

Gorton, Matthew; Davidova, Sophia - In: Agricultural Economics of Agricultural Economists 30 (2004) 1

This article draws together results from farm efficiency studies in six Central and East European countries that are part of the EU enlargement process. The main questions addressed concern whether there is a clear superiority of one organisational type, namely, family farms, over corporate...

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Technical efficiency in developing country agriculture: a meta-analysis

Thiam, Abdourahmane; Bravo-Ureta, Boris E.; Rivas, … - In: Agricultural Economics of Agricultural Economists 25 (2001) 2-3

A meta-analysis is perfonned to review empirical estimates of technical efficiency (TE) in developing country agriculture. The objective of the study is to contribute to a better understanding of the factors that influence estimates of mean TE. A data set of 51 observations of TE from 32 studies...

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Brazil's Rising Agricultural Productivity and World Competitiveness

Rada, Nicholas E.; Buccola, Steven T.; Fuglie, Keith O. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2009

Brazil now is the largest coffee, sugar, and fruit juice producer, second-largest soybean and beef producer, and third-largest corn and broiler producer. It has overtaken the U.S. in poultry exports, nearly matches the U.S. in soybean exports, and dominates global trade in frozen orange juice....

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