Six decades of total factor productivity change and sources of growth in bangladesh agriculture (1948-2008)

Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 275-294

  Rahman, Sanzidur ^a   Salim, Ruhul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; F re Primont TFP index; Technical change; Technical , scale and mix efficiency changes

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION; FARM SIZE; GREEN REVOLUTION; LAND REFORM; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84877925921     PISSN: 0021857X     EISSN: 14779552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1477-9552.12009     Document Type: Article

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