MART-AZR Project Research Report 2: The Production Function and Productivity Index Approaches to Estimating of Agricultural Research


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1987-07-02

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1987-07-02

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Nagy J. G. (2/7/1987). MART-AZR Project Research Report 2: The Production Function and Productivity Index Approaches to Estimating of Agricultural Research. Beirut, Lebanon: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA).
The aim of this paper is to briefly introduce the production function and productivity index approaches used in the estimation of the returns to agricultural research. The paper, for the most part, summarizes Davis (1981) and Lu et. al., (1979). A list of production function type studies for various commodities and countries with, their associated rates of return are found in Ruttan (1982, pp. 242-246). For further information, good literature reviews on the topic are presented in Davis (1979) and Norton and Davis (1981).