Productivity growth in agriculture : an international perspective

Contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 8
Foreword......Page 10
Acknowledgements and Disclaimer......Page 12
1 Introduction to Productivity Growth in Agriculture......Page 14
2 Accounting for the Impact of Local and Spill-in Public Research, Extension and Roads on US Regional Agricultural Productivity, 1980–2004......Page 26
3 Measurement of Canadian Agricultural Productivity Growth......Page 46
4 Measuring Productivity of the Australian Broadacre and Dairy Industries: Concepts, Methodology and Data......Page 86
5 Is Agricultural Productivity Growth Slowing in Western Europe?......Page 122
6 Agricultural Productivity Paths in Central and Eastern European Countries and the Former Soviet Union: The Role of Reforms, Initial Conditions and Induced Technological Change......Page 140
7 Total Factor Productivity in Brazilian Agriculture......Page 158
8 Agricultural Productivity in China: National and Regional Growth Patterns, 1993–2005......Page 176
9 Structural Transformation and Agricultural Productivity in India......Page 194
10 Shifting Sources of Agricultural Growth in Indonesia: A Regional Analysis......Page 212
11 Total Factor Productivity in Thai Agriculture: Measurement and Determinants......Page 228
12 Constraints to Raising Agricultural Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa......Page 250
13 Agricultural Productivity and Policy Changes in Sub-Saharan Africa......Page 286
14 South African Agricultural Production and Investment Patterns......Page 306
15 Measures of Fixed Capital in Agriculture......Page 326
16 Productivity Growth and Technology Capital in the Global Agricultural Economy......Page 348
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