Productivity growth and convergence in crop, ruminant, and nonruminant production: Measurement and forecasts

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-17

  Ludena, Carlos E ^a   Hertel, Thomas W ^b   Preckel, Paul V ^b   Foster, Kenneth ^b   Nin, Alejandro ^c  

^a División de Desarrollo Sostenible y Asentamientos Humanos de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe   (Chile)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergence; Crops; Livestock; Malmquist index; Projections; Total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CONVERGENCE; CROP; DEFORESTATION; GROWTH RATE; LAND USE; LIVESTOCK; PRODUCTIVITY; RUMINANT;

BOVIDAE;

EID: 34447336927     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2007.00218.x     Document Type: Review

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