Is a slowdown in agricultural productivity growth contributing to the rise in commodity prices?

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 39, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 431-441

  Fuglie, Keith O ^a  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural cost shares; Agricultural land quality; Slow growth accounting; Total factor productivity (TFP)

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; COMMODITY PRICE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; INVESTMENT; PRICE DYNAMICS; PRICING POLICY;

EID: 57549111451     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2008.00349.x     Document Type: Article

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