Agriculture is a resource-intensive activity. It currently uses a substantial portion of the Earth’s natural resources: crop production, pasture and livestock grazing systems occupy around 40% of total land area, nitrogen fertilizer applied to agricultural land comprises more than half of the...

This article uses parametric and nonparametric methods to update estimates of agricultural productivity growth in 10 South American countries in 1969-2009 with the objective of checking if the slowdown being measured in other countries is present in the region. Results show that the increase in...

Using linear programming data envelope analysis (DEA) I studied the impact that high temperatures have over the agricultural performance of counties in Nebraska. I have found that the incidence of high temperatures is no uniform for all the counties. There is an important negative incidence of...

I studied the impact that high temperatures have over the agricultural performance for countries in Nebraska.

Some studies have estimated a slowdown on agricultural productivity growth in the U.S and in some European countries. This article uses parametric and nonparametric methods to estimate (TFP) agricultural productivity growth in 10 South American countries in 1972-2006 with the objective of...