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The impact of domestic and foreign R&D on agricultural productivity in sub-Saharan Africa
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Adetutu, Morakinyo O. and Ajayi, Victor (2020) The impact of domestic and foreign R&D on agricultural productivity in sub-Saharan Africa. World Development, 125 . 104690. doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.104690
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.104690
Abstract
We use a stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) model to investigate the impact of domestic and foreign R&D on agricultural productivity for a sample of 30 sub-Sahara African (SSA) countries during the period 1981–2011. The results reveal that total factor productivity is strongly influenced by both domestic and foreign R&D spending in the agricultural sector, albeit the former plays a more important role. The decomposition of total factor productivity (TFP) and its components show an annual average rate of productivity growth of 4.8%, driven mainly by technical change which had an average annual improvement of 3.2%. Efficiency change had a negative impact on productivity and generally exhibited a net reduction in TFP growth at an average annual growth rate of −0.8%. Our sub-regional analyses indicate the West African region recorded the highest productivity growth during the period under consideration. Overall, our findings highlight the crucial role of knowledge stocks in driving agricultural productivity in the SSA region.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DT Africa H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General) |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > School for Cross-faculty Studies Faculty of Arts > School for Cross-faculty Studies > Global Sustainable Development |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Agricultural productivity -- Africa, Sub-Saharan, Agricultural productivity -- Research, Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Economic conditions, Industrial productivity , Industrial productivity -- Africa, Sub-Saharan | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | World Development | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Pergamon | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0305-750X | ||||||||
| Official Date: | January 2020 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 125 | ||||||||
| Article Number: | 104690 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.104690 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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