crop production and farm revenues. To investigate the effect of crop biodiversity on crop productivity, we build a … probabilistic model based on ecological mechanisms to describe crop survival and productivity according to diversity. From this …

considerable benefits. We show this also reduced ambient sulfate levels, which lowered agriculture productivity through decreased …

, and establishes empirically, that geographical variations in natural land productivity and their impact on the return to …

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 …

We revisit the long-standing empirical evidence of an inverse relationship between farm size and productivity using … in the literature, but positively related to farm productivity (a farm-specific component of total factor productivity … evaluating the role of farm-specific distortions. Our findings point to the limited value of yields (or land productivity) in …

Crop diseases and how they are managed can have a large impact on agricultural productivity. This paper discusses the … effects on agricultural productivity of Verticillium dahliae, a soil borne fungus that is introduced to the soil via infested … important implications for agricultural productivity …

incorporating optimizing behavior to uncover the hidden costs of arsenic poisoning in Bangladesh. We provide for the first time … capabilities as well as on the schooling attainment, occupational structure, entrepreneurship and incomes of the rural Bangladesh … of rural households in Bangladesh who are participants in a long-term panel survey following respondents and their …