effects of cooperation on the intensive margin of agriculture, low land productivity countries lagged behind during the … the effect of natural land productivity on the desirable level of cooperation in the agricultural sector. In early stages … important in the process of industrialization, the transition from agriculture to industry among unfavorable land endowment …

This research advances the hypothesis that natural land productivity in the past, and its effect on the desirable level … industrialization and comparative economic development across the globe. Exploiting exogenous sources of variations in land productivity … establishes that lower level of land productivity in the past is associated with more intense cooperation and higher levels of …

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 …