TY  - RPRT
AB  - 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.
AU  - Arnade, Carlos Anthony
DA  - 1992-11
DA  - 1992-11
DO  - 10.22004/ag.econ.157033
DO  - doi
ID  - 157033
KW  - Agricultural and Food Policy
KW  - Productivity Analysis
KW  - Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
KW  - productivity
KW  - Brazil
KW  - input subsidies
KW  - efficiency
KW  - technical change
KW  - cost function
L1  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/157033/files/tb1811.pdf
L1  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/157033/files/tb1811.pdf?subformat=pdfa
L2  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/157033/files/tb1811.pdf
L2  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/157033/files/tb1811.pdf?subformat=pdfa
L4  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/157033/files/tb1811.pdf
L4  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/157033/files/tb1811.pdf?subformat=pdfa
LA  - eng
LA  - English
LK  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/157033/files/tb1811.pdf
LK  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/157033/files/tb1811.pdf?subformat=pdfa
N2  - 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.
PY  - 1992-11
PY  - 1992-11
T1  - Productivity and Technical Change in Brazilian Agriculture
TI  - Productivity and Technical Change in Brazilian Agriculture
UR  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/157033/files/tb1811.pdf
UR  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/157033/files/tb1811.pdf?subformat=pdfa
Y1  - 1992-11
T2  - Technical Bulletin
T2  - 1811
ER  -