Is agricultural productivity growth slowing in western Europe?

Productivity growth in Agriculture: An International Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 109-125

  Wang, Sun Ling ^a   Schimmelpfennig, David ^a   Fuglie, Keith O ^a  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

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