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agricultural production at both the production and productivity. The United States are characterized as highlighted in the …. To this refers mainly to differences in Total Factor Productivity (TFP). Found that in both countries had higher TFP …, does not mean that Brazil is close to the rate of U.S. productivity, because the productive structure is particular in each …
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This paper analyzes the response of the soybean sown area of Argentina to changes in price incentives and other variables which are relevant for agricultural production. To this effect, VEC models are estimated for some of the main producing provinces and for the country’s total in the period...
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The consequences of climate change for agriculture and food security in developing countries are of serious concern. Due to their reliance on rain-fed agriculture both as a source of income and consumption, many low-income countries are generally considered to be most vulnerable to climate...
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The paper reviews exchange rate options for Mercosur countries. We start from the observation that most of the countries in the region have a longstanding tendency to adopt fixed exchange rates, and ask how such a system could best be designed. The Argentine crisis has demonstrated that...
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Green Revolution varieties to achieve productivity improvements. This paper argues that the private firms supplying GM crop …, there is potential for productivity improvement in disadvantaged environments. …
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) was used to verify the influence, in particular, of renewable energy, production and productivity of biofuels, population … influence. It is worth noting that the variables - renewable energy and biofuel productivity - showed statistically non …
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To better comprehend the growth trajectory of Brazilian agriculture, it is necessary to understand the productivity … productivity with larger ones. Stochastic frontier analysis is used to compare total factor productivity (TFP) gains of three … in the larger producers, which contributes to a divergence in productivity within Brazil. Furthermore, the increase in …
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misallocation in agriculture during the period between 2006 and 2016. Despite rapid growth in agricultural productivity and a … productivity over time. Our analysis also reveals important differences between the north and south regions. …
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since the 2000s. This study evaluated the productivity of herbaceous cotton from 1974 to 2019, a period in which the country … attempt was made to verify a possible structural break in productivity. The weevil plague, the optimization of natural … productive restructuring, in which the production units were relocated in the territory. The results indicated that productivity …
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