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Measuring and analyzing agricultural productivity of Bangladesh and China: A review and policy implications

Mita Bagchi and Lijuan Zhuang

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.12692/ijb/6.10.149-160

Int. J. Biosci. 6(10), 149-160. May, 2015. (PDF)

Abstract:

Productivity growth is essential for the development of agriculture sector. This paper has reviewed the major studies focusing on estimation and analysis of agricultural productivity related to Bangladesh and China. It demonstrates the conceptual and methodological issues of measuring the TFP by applying parametric, growth accounting, index number and non-parametric approaches with their advantages and disadvantages. Productivity of Chinese agriculture was mainly derived due to progress in technology which is attributed to the rural economic reforms. In case of Bangladesh TFP was powered by technological progress attributed to widespread diffusion of Green Revolution (GR) technology. A common feature of most of the studies that there exist large disparities among the regions in Bangladesh and China regarding the TFP growth performance. Policy should be taken to develop varieties that are suitable for unfavorable regions also listed in this paper. Some of the concerns raised in this paper on productivity would provide useful information and direction for future research in this area.