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"The A stochastic frontier production function is used to estimate agricultural efficiency index. Then, controlling for … household characteristics and other exogenous variables, the efficiency index is regressed on the probability of being sick … efficiency and poverty reduction. Overall, regression results confirm the negative impact of health impediment on farmers …
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We analyze the evolution of Sub-Saharan Africa's (SSA's) agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) over the past 45 … performance and decline. That recovery is the consequence of improved efficiency in production, resulting from changes in the …
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agricultural output, this method explicitly incorporates efficiency differences in the analysis. The empirical analysis uses panel … improvements during the 1994–2004 period. Nonetheless productivity levels in 2009 were not different from levels in 1994, and … they had declined between 2004 and 2009. Average level of farming efficiency for the surveyed farmers across all the years …
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This paper studies the effect of local off-farm employment and migration on rural households’ technical efficiency of …
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"We analyze the evolution of Sub-Saharan Africa's agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) over the past 40 years … poor performance and decline. That recovery is the consequence of improved efficiency in production resulting from changes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038002
"The formula approach used in many trade negotiations involves large formula cuts in high tariffs, with flexibilities that allow smaller cuts for selected products. Difficulties in evaluating the effects of these exceptions can create major problems. We use a political-economy welfare function...
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for technology transfer and productivity growth. This paper compiles diverse spatial data on biophysical conditions …
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This paper presents evidence on rural Ethiopian households’ time allocation to different activities, especially fuel collection work, and examines the effect of changes in the availability of firewood resources on households’ time allocation to fuel collection and on- and off-farm...
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rice productivity at a relatively late stage in Asia’s Green Revolution, as well as unheralded progress against …
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livelihood. This report provides an overview of current knowledge of the impact of health issues on farm-level productivity and … productivity and poor health. At the household level, the investment in health can improve resilience and enhance the ability to … productivity, health, and resilience of farm households. …
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