Investment in R&D has long been regarded as an important source of productivity growth in New Zealand and Australian … public investment in R&D and in productivity growth are reviewed. Investment in R&D has been flat in both countries although … significantly higher than that in New Zealand. Productivity growth is also likely to have been higher. Econometric evidence about …

Investment in R&D has long been regarded as an important source of productivity growth in New Zealand and Australian … public investment in R&D and in productivity growth are reviewed. Investment in R&D has been flat in both countries although … significantly higher than that in New Zealand. Productivity growth is also likely to have been higher. Econometric evidence about …

The economic productivity of publicly funded wood preservatives research from 1950 to 1980 exemplifies public research …

productivity in organic and conventional agriculture in the period from 1999/2000 to 2006/07. Productivity development is assessed … a conventional counterpart with similar structural features. The study reveals a similar development of productivity in … organic grazing livestock and mixed farms, but the productivity level is still lower compared to their conventional …

Numerous methods for measuring multifactor productivity have been used by economists. This report uses a recently … developed approach, data envlopment analysis, to measure productivity. This method can be used not only to calculate … productivity but also to divide productivity measures into indices that measure technical efficiency and technical change …

, and animal power, government subsidies encouraged the use of fertilizer and machines. Since productivity growth arises … from technical change, Brazil's drive to modernize its agricultural sector should improve agricultural productivity …. However, inefficient production practices arising from subsidies can slow multifactor productivity growth. Recent removal of …

improved rice varieties and its indirect effect on productivity with focus of the rural radio in Burkina Faso. The econometrics … and increase rice farmer productivity. …