TY - JOUR
T1 - Productivity in the Agricultural Sector
T2 - A Global Outlook from a Latin American Perspective
AU - Bravo-Ortega, Claudio
N1 - Funding Information:
I would like to express my thanks for the comments and suggestions from Mar?a Emilia Undurraga, Alberto Vald?s, Joseph Ramos, Jose Miguel Benavente and Patricio Riveros. This study has been commissioned by the Office of Agricultural Research and Policies (ODEPA), Ministry of Agriculture, Chile. All opinions contained in this work belong to solely the author and do not represent the Chilean government. I would like to acknowledge the excellent research support provided by Claudio Rojas and Rodrigo Miranda.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Facultad de Agronomia e Ingenieria Forestal. All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/12/1
Y1 - 2021/12/1
N2 - Agricultural productivity has been the focus of intense scrutiny since the time of Adam Smith. In this article, we focus on agricultural productivity from two perspectives. First, we provide estimates of total factor productivity (TFP) growth for a panel of 79 countries over a period of approximately 60 years. Second, we investigated the potential determinants of productivity growth, which include infrastructure, macroeconomic variables, and variables related to climate change. We find that productivity varies greatly across countries, with leading countries showing annual agricultural productivity growth between 2% and 3%. In regards to productivity determinants, we find small within-country effects but significant between-country effects.
AB - Agricultural productivity has been the focus of intense scrutiny since the time of Adam Smith. In this article, we focus on agricultural productivity from two perspectives. First, we provide estimates of total factor productivity (TFP) growth for a panel of 79 countries over a period of approximately 60 years. Second, we investigated the potential determinants of productivity growth, which include infrastructure, macroeconomic variables, and variables related to climate change. We find that productivity varies greatly across countries, with leading countries showing annual agricultural productivity growth between 2% and 3%. In regards to productivity determinants, we find small within-country effects but significant between-country effects.
KW - Agriculture
KW - panel data
KW - productivity
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85129153738&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.7764/ijanr.v48i3.2341
DO - 10.7764/ijanr.v48i3.2341
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85129153738
SN - 2452-5731
VL - 48
SP - 288
EP - 302
JO - International Journal of Agriculture and Natural Resources
JF - International Journal of Agriculture and Natural Resources
IS - 3
ER -
