Farm Foundation is partnering with Global Harvest Initiative (GHI) to 
examine global agricultural productivity growth, and to establish a global network of researchers studying agricultural productivity.
The intent of this project is to support ongoing calculation of global and regional measures of agricultural productivity, encourage additional research on productivity, improve the quality and availability of
productivity-related data, and develop capacity for studying local, regional and national issues related to productivity in developing countries.
On May 11 and 12, 2010, Farm Foundation, GHI and USDA's Economic Research Service hosted the workshop, Causes and Consequences of Global Agricultural Productivity. Researchers from around the world shared share new research findings on agricultural productivity measurement and analysis. Posted below are papers and presentations from the workshop.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Introductions and Overview
Kitty Smith, Economic Research Service
Neil Conklin, Farm Foundation
Global Measures of Agricultural Productivity
Productivity Growth in the Global Economy, Keith Fuglie, ERS
Capital in Agriculture: A Panel Dataset, Rita Butzer, University of Chicago - Country Variability data and Agriculture Capital Stock data
The United States and the European Union
International Comparisons of Agricultural Productivity: U.S.A. and EU Countries, Eldon Ball, ERS
Impact of Local Public Goods on Agricultural Productivity Growth in the United States, Sun Ling Wang, ERS
Canada and Australia
A Production Account for Canadian Agriculture, 1961-2006, Sean Cahill and Bruce Phillips, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Productivity of the Australian Broadacre and Dairy Industries: Concepts, Theories and Methods,Yu Sheng, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE)
EurAsia
Agriculture Productivity Paths in Central and Eastern European Countries and the Former Soviet Union, Liesbet Vranken, University of Leuven, Belgium
Chinese Regional Agricultural Productivity: 1994-2005, Lilyan Fulginiti, University of Nebraska
Productivity in India: Review and Policy Implications, Surabhi Mittal, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Sub-Saharan Africa
Policy Changes and the Recovery of Agricultural TFP in Sub-Saharan Africa, Alejandro Nin-Pratt, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Total Factor Productivity in African Agriculture: Measures and Determinants, Arega Alene, International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Malawi
R&D and Agricultural Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa, Keith Fuglie, ERS
North and South Africa
Productivity and Growth in Tunisian Agriculture, Boubaker Dhehibi, Tunisian National Institute for Agronomic Research (INRAT)
South African Agricultural Productivity and Investment Patterns, Frikkie Liebenberg, South African Agricultural Research Council
South America
Growth and Productivity in Argentine Agriculture, Daniel Lema, Institute for Economics and Sociology, INTA, Argentina
Total Factor Productivity in Brazilian Agriculture, Jose Gasquest (Constanza Valdes presenting)
Southeast Asia
Total Factor Productivity in Thai Agriculture: Measurement and Determinants, Waleerat Supannachart, Kasetsart University, Thailand
Indonesia: R&D, Market Liberalization and Productivity, Nick Rada, ERS
Discussion: Forming a Global Ag Productivity Research Network
Topics: Common methodology; information sharing and Web site; conferences and reports;
and financial support