its evolution and possible pathways. In addition, farm efficiency may vary across farms and other socio-economic domains …, opening opportunities to improve efficiency and productivity through reallocation of current resources and introducing new …

The inverse relationship between farm size and productivity has almost become a 'stylised fact' in the economic … with processing and marketing. The inverse relationship between farm size and both land productivity and total factor … the request is that these studies be treated with caution. Using recent farm survey data from the wine producing areas of …

determining farmers' efficiency in Ethiopia are having access to the public extension system, participation in off-farm activities …

This paper examines the impact that publicly funded agricultural research has on productivity in crop production within … production is a significant determinant of total factor productivity (TFP) in the crop sector and, second, that its social rate …

farm size, province and farm type and how they are performing relative to other farming age groups. Young Farmer … technology, North American integration and globalization. …

This paper investigates the nonparametric analysis of technology under non-convexity. The analysis extends two … approaches now commonly used in efficiency and productivity analysis: Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) where convexity is imposed … non-convexity is too extreme. We propose a new nonparametric model that relies on a neighborhood-based technology …

Over the last several decades, the U.S. agricultural sector has sustained impressive productivity growth. The Nation … high returns per dollar spent. These returns include benefits not only to the farm sector but also to the food industry and …

Innovation and changes in technology have been a driving force for gains in productivity growth in U.S. agriculture … productivity (TFP) for 1948 through 2004. American agriculture relies almost entirely on productivity growth to raise output. By … lowering the cost of agricultural commodities, productivity growth benefits not only farmers but also food manufacturers and …