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The Economics of Agricultural Productivity in South Africa

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  • Nick Vink

    (Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, South Africa)

  • Beatrice Conradie

    (School of Economics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa)

  • Nicolette Matthews

    (Department of Agricultural Economics, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa)

Abstract

Accurate measures of productivity growth are an important policy tool but are difficult to obtain in South African circumstances. In this article, we review work on the measurement of farm-level productivity in South Africa since the earliest attempts at multifactor indices in the early 1990s. The focus is on total factor productivity, but single input measures such as labor and land productivity (yields) are also discussed. Measurements using time-series and cross-sectional data are discussed separately, along with measures to explain the effect of climate change. Data deficiencies are also pointed out. The article concludes that international collaboration should be maintained if important issues such as the COVID-19 impact, food security, climate change, and labor market shocks are to be successfully addressed.

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  • Nick Vink & Beatrice Conradie & Nicolette Matthews, 2022. "The Economics of Agricultural Productivity in South Africa," Annual Review of Resource Economics, Annual Reviews, vol. 14(1), pages 131-149, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:anr:reseco:v:14:y:2022:p:131-149
    DOI: 10.1146/annurev-resource-111920-014135
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    Cited by:

    1. Khumbuzile C. Mosoma & Heinrich R. Bohlmann & Sifiso M. Ntombela & Renee van Eyden, 2023. "Quantifying the Economic Effects of Land Reform Policy in South Africa: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis," Working Papers 202307, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics.

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    Keywords

    agriculture; inverse relationship; productivity; returns to research; South Africa; spillovers; TFP; total factor productivity;
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    JEL classification:

    • O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • Q2 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation

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