agricultural productivity in structural transformation in the labor market. The empirical work is based on a general equilibrium … elasticity of demand and the wage elasticity with respect to productivity increase in agriculture. For productivity growth to … significant positive effect of agricultural productivity on rice yield and agricultural wages. Productivity shock increases wages …

improve agricultural performance. Data from 15,000 smallholders and 800 estates in Malawi allow exploring the long …-term effects of such a strategy. The results suggest that (i) most estates are less productive than smallholders; (ii) fear of land … loss, although not exclusively due to estates, is associated with a 12 percent productivity loss for females, which is …

water productivity and efficiency-and thus achieve more crop per drop. Many international organizations concerned with water … used for measuring agricultural water productivity and efficiency, and the application of these concepts and methods in … agricultural water productivity and efficiency; second, by reviewing and analyzing the available methods for assessing water …

"This book documents frontier knowledge on the drivers of agriculture productivity to derive pragmatic policy advice … trends and long-term sources of total factor productivity growth, along with broad trends in partial factor productivity for … productivity, yet across many parts of the developing world, readily available technology is never taken up. We investigate demand …

performance of the agriculture sector with an emphasis on productivity and competitiveness, and highlights opportunities for …

productivity growth of the overall economy and structural transformation did not happen. Since the end of the 1970s, the Brazilian … labor productivity has been lower than many similar economies, currently representing around one fourth of the average labor … productivity in Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. One of the reasons for the weak …

steps to address them. This paper investigates the role of productivity shocks in borrowers' repayment choices. Using a … that negative productivity shocks lead to higher default, even when they do not induce negative returns. This relationship …