most effective. This paper adds to the literature on extension interventions by evaluating the Uruguayan Livestock Program … breeders. Using an eight year panel constructed by combining data from the Uruguayan livestock traceability system with a …

output and productivity between 2002 and 2006 as the result of rapid growth in beef and milk production and a reduction of … factors behind increased productivity. Despite these positive developments, livestock sectors in Uruguay and Paraguay still …This study looks at the performance of livestock production in Uruguay and Paraguay, analyzing two situations with …

frontier, speculative behaviour and boom-bust all share the prediction that livestock production will remain largely extensive …. 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 …

This paper analyzes total factor productivity growth in agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean between 1961 and … results show that among developing regions, Latin America and the Caribbean shows the highest agricultural productivity growth … policies and external shocks on agricultural productivity; policies that do not discriminate against agricultural sectors and …

While many studies explain the correlation between firm-level productivity and export status entirely by better firms … provinces with weaker institutions. The same type of firms also enjoy the largest productivity gains immediately following …

This paper uses the data envelopment analysis (DEA) based Malmquist productivity index to estimate total factor … productivity growth (TFPG), technical change, and efficiency change for a panel of firms during the period 1991 to 2001 in 26 … Indian manufacturing industries. The paper then analyses the factors explaining productivity growth, technical change and …