Purpose Total factor productivity (TFP) has become a prominent concept in agriculture
economics and policy over the last three decades. The main aim of this paper is to obtain a …

Why should the producers be subsidized? What are the contributions and channels of
subsidies in total factor productivity (TFP) and profitability changes? We address these in a …

Environmental regulation is essential to promote green and sustainable development in
dairy farming. Nevertheless, limited studies have focused on the impact of environmental …

This article explores how farm size is related to economic benefits from diversification. Using
a data set pertaining to Bavarian dairy farms (2000–2014), we estimate an input distance …

While climate change threatens global food security, health, and nutrition outcomes, Africa is
more vulnerable because its economies largely depend on rain-fed agriculture. Thus, there …

Abstract The Climate Indicators for Agriculture report presents 20 indicators of climate
change, carefully selected across multiple agricultural production types and food system …

Increasing agricultural productivity is a policy priority in many countries. O'Donnell (Am. J.
Agric. Econ. 94 (4): 873–890, 2012) decomposed productivity change in US agriculture …

Ecological protection approaches are important in achieving sustainable productivity growth
in agriculture. Based on an unbalanced panel dataset for 2010–2016, we used stochastic …

Appropriately considering adjustment costs, this paper develops a robust nonparametric
framework to analyse profits, prices and productivity in a dynamic context. Dynamic profit …

This article examines factors driving three components of total factor productivity change
(TFPC) in US agriculture–technical change (TC), technical efficiency change (TEC), and …