suitability in the examination of the effect of land productivity on comparative economic development. The analysis demonstrates … suitable land, reflecting the fact that land suitable for agriculture is not necessarily suitable for the most caloric … Suitability Index dominates the conventional measure in capturing the effect of land productivity on pre-colonial population …

suitability in the examination of the effect of land productivity on comparative economic development. The analysis demonstrates … suitable land, reflecting the fact that land suitable for agriculture is not necessarily suitable for the most caloric … Suitability Index dominates the conventional measure in capturing the effect of land productivity on pre-colonial population …

genetic diversity ; Comparative development ; Population density ; Neolithic Revolution ; Land productivity ; Malthusian …

some parts of the world began a transition to agriculture. Recent data strongly implicate climate change as the driving … made agriculture attractive. Once agriculture was initiated, rapid technological progress through artificial selection on … productivity growth was combined with climate recovery …

One of the key economic development challenges facing Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is its low agricultural productivity …. Governments, donors, and foreign investors have underinvested in African agriculture even though research evidence shows that … higher agricultural productivity would boost economic growth and poverty reduction. Solutions to the problem require a number …

agriculture and increases of non-agricultural value added per capita. The identification strategy for the effect of fertilizer … percent higher GDP per capita, a 3.3 to 3.9 percentage point lower labor share in agriculture five years later, and … agricultural productivity as a driver of structural change …

(agriculture, manufacturing and services) characterized by different productivity gains and by saturation levels in the demands of …