Agricultural Productivity, Efficiency and Growth in a Semi-Arid Country: Case Study of Botswana, 1979-2012

Title
Agricultural Productivity, Efficiency and Growth in a Semi-Arid Country: Case Study of Botswana, 1979-2012
Publication Date
2014
Author(s)
Temoso, Omphile
Hadley, David
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8634-2586
Email: dhadley@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:dhadley
Villano, Renato
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2581-6623
Email: rvillan2@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:rvillan2
Type of document
Conference Publication
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
University of Queensland
Place of publication
Brisbane, Australia
UNE publication id
une:16003
Abstract
To improve the welfare of the rural poor and to decrease the dependence of the national economy on minerals, the government of Botswana has been spending 40% of the value of agricultural GDP on agricultural support services. Despite this massive investment, there is evidence that agricultural productivity has declined in recent years. This paper attempts to explore the reasons for this decline. We use secondary data from six regions of Botswana (covering the period 1979 to 2012) to construct a Fare-Primont index of productivity following the approach proposed by O'Donnell (2012). The results of the analysis show that annual TFP has gradually declined over the period. This decline is predominantly due to technological regress which is offset by some increase in scale and mix efficiency.
Link
Citation
Asia Pacific Productivity Conference 2014 Book of Abstracts, p. 17-17
Start page
17
End page
17

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