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Agricultural productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) lags far behind all other regions of the world. A long list of … program aims to relax multiple constraints to productivity simultaneously. We show that participation causes statistically and …
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the United States towards agriculturally important middle-income countries, especially China, India and Brazil. U … innovation will be required to preserve past productivity gains in the face of climate change, coevolving pests and diseases, and … changing technological regulations--let alone increase productivity. Great potential exists for innovation in crop and …
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Agricultural productivity growth in sub-Saharan Africa has been a qualified success. Total factor productivity growth … and the rise in agricultural productivity. The case study of Ghana clearly reflects these broader findings …
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The achievements in agricultural innovation over the past century have been impressive, supporting large increases in agricultural yields and low food prices. Critical to this success has been sustained public sector investment combined with a decentralized and competitive research system in the...
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. Farmers responded to the shrinking transportation wedge and rising revenue productivity by rapidly expanding the area under …
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productivity, most economists see them as distortionary, regressive, environmentally unsound, and argue that they result in …
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productivity: evidence and projection /Sun Ling Wang, Eldon Ball, Richard Nehring, Ryan Williams, and Truong Chau --Farming under … diversity on agricultural productivity in South Africa /Cecilia Bellora, Élodie Blanc, Jean-Marc Bourgeon, and Eric Strobl … --Crop disease and agricultural productivity: evidence from a dynamic structural model of verticillium wilt management …
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Why is agricultural productivity so low in poor countries relative to the rest of the world? Is it due to geography or … constrained economic choices? We assess the quantitative role of geography and land quality for agricultural productivity … geographic regions, we find that low agricultural productivity in poor countries is not due to poor land endowments. If countries …
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This paper provides evidence of the long-run effects of a permanent increase in agricultural productivity on conflict … the period between 1400 and 1900 CE. For variation in permanent improvements in agricultural productivity, we exploit the …
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productivity. These effects are nonlinear across farms--impacting more those farms farther away from their efficient operational … scale. The effect of land rentals on productivity is 70 percent larger when controlling for non-market rentals--those with a …
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