Productivity Growth in Agriculture: An International Perspective
- ISBN-10
- 1845939212
- ISBN-13
- 9781845939212
- Category
- Technology & Engineering
- Pages
- 378
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Publisher
- CABI
- Authors
- Sun Ling Wang, Keith Owen Fuglie, V. Eldon Ball
Description
This volume is written primarily for agricultural economists doing research on productivity. It includes discussions of the theoretical underpinnings of productivity measurement as well as the many practical considerations that go into translating this theory into actual measures of aggregated outputs and inputs. The unifying concept of agricultural productivity used across the chapters of this volume is aggregate total factor productivity (TFP) of the sector. The volume also contains detailed analysis of the underlying causes of agricultural productivity growth. Part I (chapters 2-6) examines agricultural productivity in high-income and transition countries. Part II (chapters 7-11) examines agricultural productivity growth and its driving forces in five important agricultural producers in Asia and Latin America. Part III (chapters 12-14) focuses on measuring and identifying constraints to agricultural productivity growth in sub-Saharan Africa. Part IV (chapters 15-16) gives a global perspective on agricultural productivity.
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