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Book SynopsisIncreasing food prices have renewed concerns about long-run agricultural demand and supply in the global economy. This book looks at results, methods, and data on international agricultural productivity for a better understanding of long-run trends and the policies that determine them. By presenting an international assessment of total factor productivity growth in agriculture, including up-to-date empirical analysis for developed and developing countries and regions, it provides a response to the rising global scarcity of agricultural production. Essential reading for researchers, policy makers and students.
Table of Contents1: Introduction to Productivity Growth in Agriculture Part I: Agricultural Productivity in Developed and Transition Countries 2: Accounting for the Impact of Local Public Goods in U.S. Agricultural Productivity Growth 3: A Production Account for Canadian Agriculture, 1961-2006 4: Measuring Productivity of the Australian Broadacre and Dairy Industries 5: Agricultural Productivity in the Transition Economies of the Former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe 6: Is Agricultural Productivity Growth Slowing in Western Europe? Part II: Agricultural Productivity in Asia and Latin America 7: Total Factor Productivity in Brazilian Agriculture 8: Chinese Regional Agricultural Productivity: 1994-2005 9: Structural Transformation and Productivity in Indian Agriculture 10: Shifting Sources of Agricultural Growth in Indonesia: A Regional Analysis 11: Total Factor Productivity in Thai Agriculture: Measurement and Determinants Part III: Agricultural Productivity in Africa 12: R&D and Agricultural Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa 13: Policy Changes and the Recovery of Agricultural Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa 14: South African Agricultural Productivity and Investment Patterns Part IV: Global Perspectives on Agricultural Productivity 15: Fixed Capital in Agriculture and its Contribution to Growth 16: Productivity Growth in the Global Agricultural Economy and the Role of Technology Capital Part I: Global Perspectives on Agricultural Productivity 1: Productivity Growth in the Global Agricultural Economy and the Role of Technology Capital 2: Fixed Capital in Agriculture and its Contribution to Growth Part II: Agricultural Productivity in Developed Countries 3: Accounting for the Impact of Local Public Goods in U.S. Agricultural Productivity Growth Productivity Growth 4: A Production Account for Canadian Agriculture, 1961-2006 5: Measuring Productivity of the Australian Broadacre and Dairy Industries Part III: Agricultural Productivity in Asia and Latin America 6: Growth and Productivity in Argentine Agriculture 7: Total Factor Productivity in Brazilian Agriculture 8: Chinese Regional Agricultural Productivity: 1994-2005 9: Shifting Sources of Agricultural Growth in Indonesia: a Regional Analysis 10: Total Factor Productivity in Thai Agriculture: Measurement and Determinants Part IV: Agricultural Productivity in Africa 11: South African Agricultural Productivity and Investment Patterns 12: Policy Changes and the Recovery of Agricultural Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa 13: R&D and Agricultural Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa 14: Productivity and Growth in Tunisian Agriculture Part V: Synopsis 15: Causes and Consequences of Agricultural Productivity Growth: Synthesis and Conclusions
