in Brazil's agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) growth, which has accelerated at one of the world's fastest … potential employment generation. Brazil offers an interesting case study because of its wide spectrum of farm sizes and the … country's dual agricultural policy focus towards large commercial agribusiness enterprises, led by the Ministry of Agriculture …

. Yet between 1996 and 2006 productivity of cattle grew by an astounding 57.5% in the average Amazon municipality. Does … rising land productivity of cattle increase deforestation? I use secondary data and spatial econometrics to look for evidence …-level. I show that mounting productivity in consolidated areas has been associated with lower deforestation both in frontier …

productivity leaving aside other effects that arise through the market selection process. Additionally, most studies have focused … on tariff barriers as the only obstacle to international trade and integration. In this paper we use data from Brazil and … Chile to analyze how trade affects aggregate productivity through the process of resource reallocation and to explore not …

performance of agriculture was the result of fast growth in the use of fertilizer, increases in land productivity, and growth in …This study analyzes the performance of Latin America and the Caribbean's agriculture between 1980 and 2012 looking at … the contribution of inputs, and total factor productivity (TFP) to growth in output per worker. A growth accounting …

output and productivity between 2002 and 2006 as the result of rapid growth in beef and milk production and a reduction of … than doubled between 2005 and 2016, driven by productivity growth which increased by 70 percent during this period. The … factors behind increased productivity. Despite these positive developments, livestock sectors in Uruguay and Paraguay still …

This paper explores the link between Brazil's political institutions and its disappointing productivity and growth in … and cuts in unprotected expenditures, which put a drag on productivity and growth. In a context of robust checks and … distortions that conspire against its realization. While some improvements in productivity and growth have occurred in the past …

This paper presents and comparatively analyzes three case studies of productive development agencies (PDAs) in Brazil …