Explaining agricultural productivity growth: An international perspective

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-14

  Headey, Derek ^a   Alauddin, Mohammad ^b   Rao, D S Prasada ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Labor productivity; Multi output distance function; Total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; GLOBALIZATION; GROWTH RATE; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; STOCHASTICITY; TEMPORAL PERIOD; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 74349091205     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2009.00420.x     Document Type: Article

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