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Agricultural Productivity Growth In Central America And The Caribbean, Ayako Ebata
Agricultural Productivity Growth In Central America And The Caribbean, Ayako Ebata
Department of Agricultural Economics: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
This thesis estimates total factor productivity (TFP) growth in the agricultural sector of fourteen regions in Central America and the Caribbean. First, TFP is measured parametrically and non-parametrically, using the Ordinary Least Square (OLS) method and the Maximum Likelihood (ML) method to estimate a translog production function and the Malmquist index approach. Secondly, the thesis incorporates an environmental bad, CO2 emissions from expansion of agricultural land by sacrificing forest area and estimates environmentally adjusted productivity (EAP) growth rates using an output distance function in order to assess how the growth of TFP rates changes when such a bad is …
The Role Of Sorghum In Food Security In Central America, Lloyd W. Rooney
The Role Of Sorghum In Food Security In Central America, Lloyd W. Rooney
INTSORMIL Presentations
Discusses the qualities of sorghum that make it suitable for human consumption, with a focus on its use in Central America.