@article{Arnade:157033,
      recid = {157033},
      author = {Arnade, Carlos Anthony},
      title = {Productivity and Technical Change in Brazilian  Agriculture},
      address = {1992-11},
      number = {1488-2016-124101},
      series = {Technical Bulletin},
      pages = {29},
      year = {1992},
      abstract = {Brazil's agricultural sector underwent major changes in  the past two decades. Though Brazil is abundant in labor,  land, and animal power, government subsidies encouraged the  use of fertilizer and machines. Since productivity growth  arises from technical change, Brazil's drive to modernize  its
agricultural sector should improve agricultural  productivity. However, inefficient production practices  arising from subsidies can slow multifactor productivity  growth. Recent removal of agricultural subsidies in Brazil  has coincided with increased productivity, providing  evidence that input subsidies made Brazilian agriculture  inefficient.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/157033},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.157033},
}