Explaining the decline in UK agricultural productivity growth

Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 343-366

  Thirtle, Colin ^a,b   Lin, Lin ^c   Holding, Jim ^d   Jenkins, Lindie ^b   Piesse, Jenifer ^e,f  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d DEFRA   (United Kingdom)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 4143064649     PISSN: 0021857X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.2004.tb00100.x     Document Type: Article

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