International Internal Medicine Journal(IIMJ)

Faculty of Development Agriculture and Natural Resources Management, Eastern Technical University of Sierra Leone, Kenema, 00232, Sierra Leone

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• Research Article   
  Sources of Agriculture Total Factor Productivity Dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa – Evidence From 44 Countries (1961-2019)
  Author(s): Yagbasuah Maada Baion*, Cao Jianmin and Wang Yunxia
  
  This current research involves the estimation of the dynamics in agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) in 44 countries in the Sub-Saharan African (SSA) region for a period of 59 years (1961–2019). The research was carried out based on the Malmquist productivity index, accomplished with decomposition on technological changes and technical-efficiency changes. Further, the factors influencing total productivity in the region were identified, and using the Tobit model, an econometric modeling assessment of their effect on agricultural TFP was performed. The study established an average annual decline of 0.975 (-2.5%) in agriculture TFP for the sample countries, largely due to a 0.975 (-2.5%) technological regression during the study period. The annual average effect of technical efficiency stood at 1.001 (0.1%), indicating that the sample countries were, on average, efficient.. Read More»
  

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