Green Agricultural Productivity Growth and Convergence in sub-Saharan Africa
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Keywords
convergence; green productivity; Malmquist index; Sub-Saharan Africa;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- Q16 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - R&D; Agricultural Technology; Biofuels; Agricultural Extension Services
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGR-2017-06-18 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-EFF-2017-06-18 (Efficiency and Productivity)
- NEP-ENV-2017-06-18 (Environmental Economics)
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