The creation and spread of technology and total factor productivity in China's agriculture

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 916-930

  Jin, Songqing ^a   Huang, Jikun ^a   Hu, Ruifa ^a   Rozelle, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Agriculture; China; Maize; Productivity; Rice; Technology; Wheat

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE; CROP PRODUCTION; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

CHINA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0036867645     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8276.00043     Document Type: Article

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