Many authors have estimated and found that the productivity growth in agriculture was higher than that in non-agriculture … in today’s richest countries. Several papers suggested that growth in agricultural productivity was essential for today …’s richest countries to take off early. However, few articles noticed that growth in agricultural productivity is critical in …

them and other workers. After showing how land constraints and the productivity dynamics outside agriculture might prevent …This paper questions the Lewis Path perspective of a "world without agriculture" which underpins the "structural …

analyzes its determinants using data on real value added by sector of economic activity (agriculture, manufacturing and …

, buildings, infrastructure etc. The model is based on a division of economic and technological processes in agriculture into four …

verschärfen wird. Soll die Schaffung wettbewerbsfähiger Strukturen gelingen, muß ein erheblicher Strukturwandel in Gang gesetzt … erweiterten EU neue Forderungen nach Protektionsmaßnahmen für die kleinstrukturierte Landwirtschaft zu vermeiden, erscheint …

different rates of total factor productivity growth and producing differentiated products. All sectors produce consumption goods … agriculture, a consumption sector with high TFP growth, manufacturing, a sector that produces both consumption and capital goods … and characterized by medium TFP growth, and services, a consumption-goods sector with low productivity growth. We show …

variety of ,sources, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Ol>:gaI1ization of the United Nations …

.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund …