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also focused on large farms due to their share of output, efficiency gains from vertical and horizontal integration, and … country's dual agricultural policy focus towards large commercial agribusiness enterprises, led by the Ministry of Agriculture … in Brazil's agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) growth, which has accelerated at one of the world's fastest …
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estimation of these models are used to calculate Total Factor Productivity (TFP) change and to decompose such change into … efforts are needed to improve productivity in both technological progress and technical efficiency where the latter is a … clearly reveal that it is imperative to accelerate agricultural productivity growth. This paper estimates micro …
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This paper shows that using yields may not be informative of the relationship between farm size and productivity in the … context of small-scale farming. This occurs because, in addition to productivity, yields pick up size-dependent market … distortions and decreasing returns to scale. As a result, a positive relationship between farm productivity and land size may turn …
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CRIAR is to increase smallholders' agricultural income and food security through productivity improvements triggered by … present evidence that program participation increased agricultural productivity, household income and improved food security …
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average farm sizes. These cross-country differences play a determining role in productivity of farms and the distribution of … agricultural regions. Low labor productivity in small farms appears as a key explanatory factor. …
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Management is an important input into agricultural production, as it a determinant of the uptake and proper implementation of productive technologies and practices. While there is a large literature on evaluations of extension programs meant to improve management practices in agricultural...
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Technology (PATCA II) implemented in the Dominican Republic. The program aimed to increase the agricultural productivity and …
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agricultural productivity and output. However, even though this practice is widely spread and represents a large part of the … shed light on this issue by exploring the impact of agricultural input subsidies on agricultural productivity. Using a … the value of production per hectare as a measure of the effect on agricultural productivity. To this end, data from the …
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