Agricultural R & D, technology and productivity

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1554, 2010, Pages 3035-3047

  Piesse, J ^a,b   Thirtle, C ^b,c  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural R D; Productivity growth; Technology

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; CROP YIELD; DEVELOPING WORLD; GREEN REVOLUTION; GROWTH RATE; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

SOUTH ASIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 77957291794     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0140     Document Type: Review

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