We study how stochasticity in the evolution of agricultural productivity interacts with economic and population growth …-2010 data on world GDP, population, cropland and technological progress. Introducing random shocks to the evolution of total … factor productivity in agriculture, we show that uncertainty optimally requires more land to be converted into agricultural …

the low labor-productivity growth in the African nations-without reinventing the wheel by estimating the impact of … preferential access trade agreement--the ricochet effect of the trade-induced productivity benefits via intermediates in the … Analysis Project (GTAP) with 27 sectors and 51 regions. The paper shows: (i) role of trade-mediated productivity benefits for …