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Productivity and the performance of agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean : from the lost decade to the commodity boom
Nin, Alejandro; Falconi, César A.; Ludena, Carlos E.; … - 2015
This study analyzes the performance of Latin America and the Caribbean's agriculture between 1980 and 2012 looking at … performance of agriculture was the result of fast growth in the use of fertilizer, increases in land productivity, and growth in … contributed significantly to the improved performance of agriculture. Observed growth patterns at the country level suggest that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011473446
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Productivity and efficiency in grassland-based livestock production in Latin America : the cases of Uruguay and Paraguay
Nin, Alejandro; Freiría, Heber; Muñoz, Gonzalo - 2019
This study looks at the performance of livestock production in Uruguay and Paraguay, analyzing two situations with different implications for development: the displacement of livestock by soybean production as occurred in Uruguay and in the Eastern region of Paraguay, and the expansion of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012107009
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The agri-food competitive performance in the EU countries : a fifteen years retrospective
Carraresi, Laura; Banterle, Alessandro - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011765163
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Agricultural productivity growth in Latin America and the Caribbean and other world regions : an analysis of climatic effects, convergence and catch-up
Lachaud, Michée Arnold; Bravo-Ureta, Boris E.; Ludena, … - 2015
This study estimates Climate Adjusted Total Factor Productivity (CATFP) for agriculture in Latin America and Caribbean …
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Technology catch-up in agriculture among advanced economies
Ball, Eldon V.; San Juan Mesonada, Carlos; Sunyer … - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012221934
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Productividad y eficiencia en la producción ganadera pastoril en América Latina : los casos de Uruguay y Paraguay
Nin, Alejandro; Freiría, Heber; Muñoz, Gonzalo - 2019
This study looks at the performance of livestock production in Uruguay and Paraguay, analyzing two situations with different implications for development: the displacement of livestock by soybean production as occurred in Uruguay and in the Eastern region of Paraguay, and the expansion of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012154410
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Agricultural productivity growth, efficiency change and technical progress in Latin America and the Caribbean
Ludena, Carlos E. - 2010
This paper analyzes total factor productivity growth in agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean between 1961 and …-constrained countries. Within agriculture, crops and non-ruminant sectors have displayed the strongest growth between 1961 and 2001, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010246565
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From population growth to TFP growth
Inokuma, Hiroshi; Sanchez, Juan M. - 2023
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Resource misallocation and TFP gap development in Austria
Sellner, Richard; Pintar, Nico; Ernst, Norbert - 2023
In this paper we provide firm-level evidence on the role of resource misallocation for total factor productivity development in Austria. We apply the indirect approach of measuring misallocation via the dispersion in marginal products within narrowly defined industries of Hsieh and Klenow (2009)...
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