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dc.contributor.authorNkamleu, G.B.
dc.contributor.authorGockowski, J.
dc.contributor.authorKazianga, H.
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-15T13:16:09Z
dc.date.available2020-01-15T13:16:09Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.identifier.citationNkamleu, G.B., Gokowski, J. & Kazianga, H. (2003). Explaining the failure of agricultural production in sub-Saharan Africa. In 25th International Conference of Agricultural Economists. Durban, South Africa, 16-22 August 2003 (p.499-506).
dc.identifier.isbn0-958-46098-1
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/6753
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines changes in agricultural productivity in 10 Subsaharan countries. The relative performance of agricultural sector was gauged using data envelopment analysis. From a panel data set of the 10 countries which included the 28-year period 1972-1999, mathematical programming methods were used to measure Malmquist indexes of total factor productivity. It was found that, during that period, total factor productivity have experienced a negative evolution in sample countries. A decomposition of those measures suggest that, most of the weak performance of factors productivity is attributable more to technological change than technical efficiency change. French-speaking countries better succeeded to raise their productivity than English-speaking countries do. In addition, it have been found that Sahelian countries failed to rise their agricultural productivity compared to forest countries where a positive evolution have been detected.
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectEfficiency
dc.subjectProductivity
dc.subjectAgricultural Production
dc.titleExplaining the Failure in Agricultural production in subSaharan Africa
dc.typeConference Paper
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationPurdue University
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionCentral Africa
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Africa
cg.coverage.regionEast Africa
cg.coverage.countryCameroon
cg.coverage.countryBurkina Faso
cg.coverage.countryCote D’Ivoire
cg.coverage.countrySenegal
cg.coverage.countryMali
cg.coverage.countryGhana
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.countryZimbabwe
cg.coverage.countryUganda
cg.coverage.countryZambia
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research institute
cg.iitasubjectPlant Production
cg.iitasubjectImpact Assessment
cg.accessibilitystatusLimited Access


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