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Agricultural productivity growth and technology progress in developing country agriculture: case study in China

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The goal of this investigation was to analyze the impact of some production variables (input) on agricultural productivity growth (output) in China from 1989–2002. We selected through random sampling Zhejiang Province for our disaggregate analysis with the use of Cobb-Douglas function. The estimation results showed that all key parameters are significant and are of the expected sign. Labor and that capital and land have positive impact on agricultural productivity growth.

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  1. Andzio-Bika Herve Lezin W.

    Present address: Department of Agricultural Engineering, Institute National of Science Agro Pastoral, Cuba

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  1. Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, Zhejiang University, 310027, Hangzhou, China

    Andzio-Bika Herve Lezin W. & Wei Long-bao

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Lezin W., AB.H., Long-bao, W. Agricultural productivity growth and technology progress in developing country agriculture: case study in China. J. Zheijang Univ.-Sci. 6 (Suppl 1), 172–176 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1631/jzus.2005.AS0172

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