This paper examines changes in agricultural productivity in 8 French-speaking countries. The relative performance of …-year period 1970-2000, mathematical programming methods were used to measure Malmquist indexes of total factor productivity …. It was found that, during that period, total factor productivity have experienced a negative evolution in sample …

in achieving industrialized nation by year 2020. It is a claim that productivity for this sector had not yet achieved … optima level and in certain years, the growth of productivity was smaller than the growth of wages. Even though the concept … of productivity usually referred to labour productivity, this concept is very much related to total factor productivity …

inefficiency effects. Sufficient evidence of positive relationship between wheat productivity and higher and balanced use of … fertiliser nutrients was present. The productivity showed an inverse relationship with the proportionate farm area allocated to …

’ technical efficiency and then over their productivity. The analysis takes, also, into account other variables that could affect … productivity as industrial sector, or firms’ financial conditions. We use a micro panel data set of Spanish manufacturing firms …

championed on grounds of improving productivity, efficiency, and competitiveness. In a developing economy this is a costly … proposition due to capital scarcity, and the effect of technological changes on productivity and efficiency levels have to be … estimated before taking such policies. This paper seeks to estimate trends in Factor Productivity, Technological Progress, and …

productivity index and the Fisher index. The two indices are used to measure changes in technology, profitability, efficiency, and … productivity in response to the adoption of 2 selected best management practices (BMPs) whose objective is to reduce water … profitability, efficiency and productivity. …