general equilibrium model, this paper argues that climate change will negatively affect agricultural productivity in Africa …

population density and limited off-farm employment opportunities, enhancing agriculture productivity is key for sustainable … without significant growth in agriculture it will be virtually impossible to address poverty reduction. Given the high … largely determined by total factor productivity (TFP), which in turn is affected by macroeconomic policies and stability, and …

data set and the latest technique for analysis. The paper focuses on growth in total factor productivity and its … period, total factor productivity has experienced a positive evolution in sampled countries. This good performance of the … regression in productivity in the 1970s, and made some progress during the 1980s and 1990s. The study also highlights the fact …

price shocks and a decline in productivity; these effects caused sub-optimal performance in the agricultural sector. This …

massive variation of agricultural labor productivity across countries. The development of credit markets enables more agents … agriculture as well as increases the supply of modern intermediate inputs to agriculture. Agricultural producers accordingly …, output per worker in agriculture is improved. Poor countries with less-developed credit markets are, therefore, far less …

Agricultural credit plays an important role in enhancing the agricultural productivity in developing countries like …

There are sectors of agriculture, manufacturing processes where conventional power is indispensable, although it may be … plant world, which have sometimes unimaginable opportunities for agriculture to provide various forms of energy available …