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The effects of access to credit on productivity : separating technological changes from changes in technical efficiency
Jimi, Nusrat; Nikolov, Plamen; Malek, Mohammad Abdul; … - 2019
Improving productivity among microenterprises is important, especially in low-income countries where market … imperfections are pervasive, and resources are scarce. Relaxing credit constraints can increase the productivity of microenterprises … on the overall productivity of rice farmers and disentangled the total effect into technological change (frontier shift …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012058453
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The Effects of Access to Credit on Productivity : Separating Technological Changes from Changes in Technical Efficiency
Jimi, Nusrat - 2019
Improving productivity among microenterprises is important, especially in low-income countries where market … imperfections are pervasive, and resources are scarce. Relaxing credit constraints can increase the productivity of microenterprises … on the overall productivity of rice farmers and disentangled the total effect into technological change (frontier shift …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012864861
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Migration and Technological Change in Rural Households : Complements or Substitutes?
Mendola, Mariapia - 2015
-return migration (i.e. international migration) and employ modern technologies, thereby achieving higher productivity. Poorer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014066707
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Brazil's agricultural total factor productivity growth by farm size
Helfand, Steven M.; Magalhães, Marcelo; Rada, Nicholas E. - 2015
in Brazil's agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) growth, which has accelerated at one of the world's fastest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011485802
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Selection and Comparative Advantage in Technology Adoption
Suri, Tavneet - 2015
This paper examines a well known empirical puzzle in the literature on technology adoption: despite the potential of technologies to increase returns dramatically, a significant fraction of households do not use these technologies. I study the use of hybrid maize and fertilizer in Kenya, where...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012750465
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Selection and comparative advantage in technology adoption
Suri, Tavneet - 2006
This paper examines a well known empirical puzzle in the literature on technology adoption: despite the potential of technologies to increase returns dramatically, a significant fraction of households do not use these technologies. I study the use of hybrid maize and fertilizer in Kenya, where...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003810441
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Drivers of farm performance : empirical country case studies
Sauer, Johannes; Moreddu, Catherine - 2020
This report contains an empirical analysis of the productivity and sustainability performance of different types of … farms in thirteen countries. Farm productivity performance is measured through estimates of average productivity levels and … structure, innovation of operations, individual characteristics as well as farm location. Productivity performance by farm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012249042
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Innovation behavior and sustainability performance : empirical evidence on the farming sector
Frick, Fabian; Vrolijk, Hans C. J.; Sauer, Johannes - In: Q open : a journal of agricultural, climate, … 4 (2024) 2, pp. 1-27
Modern agriculture faces the challenge of supplying a growing world population with high-quality products while minimizing negative environmental and social impacts of its production and ensuring economic viability. Innovation is often considered key to achieving these goals, but its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015374905
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Impacts of improved seed maize technology adoption on productivity and technical efficiency in Northern Ghana
Dokyi, Emmanuel; Anang, Benjamin Tetteh; Owusu, Victor - In: Open economics 4 (2021) 1, pp. 118-132
Improved seed is one of the crucial ingredients for promoting agricultural productivity, farmers’ livelihood, and … improved seed maize technology (ISMT) adoption on technical efficiency and productivity using data from maize farmers in … technical efficiency by 16.1% and increased maize productivity by 33.8%. The study recommends dissemination of improved maize …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012888011
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U.S. Hog Production from 1992 to 2009 : Technology, Restructuring, and Productivity Growth
McBride, William D. - 2017
productivity gains for hog farms, likely benefiting U.S. consumers in terms of lower pork prices and enhancing the competitive … with productivity-enhancing technologies widespread, the slowdown in hog farm productivity growth after 2004 suggests that … the era of dramatic productivity gains will likely remain unmatched, absent significant technological innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012954806