This paper applies the Malmquist productivity index method to measure total factor productivity (TFP) growth in … Vietnamese agriculture using panel data from 60 provinces in Vietnam during 1985-2000 when Vietnam implemented widespread de …-collectivization, trade liberalization, and reformed her agriculture sector. This study indicates that most of the early growth in Vietnamese …

of agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) change and its components (technical change and technical efficiency … productivity grew at a modest rate of 0.03%, mainly powered by technological progress at 0.03% and a negligible decline in … either progress or regress in productivity performance over time. Investments in research and development (R&D), agricultural …

were 0.694, 0.0261 and 0.0000, respectively. There was no significant difference in the productivity between Fadama and non … Fadama (soko) farmers, while there was a significant difference between the productivity of Fadama and non Fadama (watermelon …