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An updated look at the recovery of agricultural productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Title	An updated look at the recovery of agricultural productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author	Nin-Pratt, Alejandro Yu, Bingxin
ORCID	http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9144-2127 Nin Pratt, Alejandro;
Year	2008
Abstract	We analyze the evolution of Sub-Saharan Africa's agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) over the past 40 years, looking for evidence of recent changes in growth patterns using a nonparametric Malmquist index. Our TFP estimates show a remarkable recovery in the performance of Sub-Saharan Africa's agriculture during the 1984-2003 period after a long period of poor performance and decline. That recovery is the consequence of improved efficiency in production resulting from changes in the output structure and an adjustment in the use of inputs, including an overall net reduction in fertilizer use but increased fertilizer use in most of the best-performing countries. Policy changes African countries conducted between the mid-1980s and the second half of the 1990s together with technological innovations available at that time appear to have played an important role in improving agriculture's performance. As TFP growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is mainly a result of catching up to the frontier, we expect growth to slow in the coming years unless African countries accelerate the incorporation of innovations into the production process and increase the speed of technical change.--Authors' Abstract
Series Name	IFPRI Discussion Paper
Series Number	787
Publisher	International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Place of publication	Washington, D.C.
Language	English
Record Type	Discussion paper
Peer Reviewed - PR or Non-PR	Non-PR
Subject - country location	AFRICA SOUTH OF SAHARA
Subject - keywords	Agriculture Efficiency Malmquist index Total factor productivity Technical change Development strategies
IFPRI Descriptors	IFPRI1 GRP32
IFPRI Division	DSGD
Access Rights	Open Access
LOC call number	IFPRIDP00787
Physical description	57 pages
IFPRI Web link	http://www.ifpri.org/publication/updated-look-recovery-agricultural-productivity-sub-saharan-africa
Requests	mailto:ifpri-library@cgiar.org
CONTENTdm file name	13131.cpd
Date cataloged	2017-08-03
Date modified	2017-08-03
OCLC number	778453355
CONTENTdm number	13130

Title	ifpridp00787 1
Access Rights	Open Access
CONTENTdm file name	13059.pdfpage
Date cataloged	2017-08-03
Date modified	2017-08-03
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An updated look at the recovery of agricultural productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa

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