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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• McDonald, J. R. S.
• Rayner, A. J.
• Bates, J. M.

Titel

PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH AND THE UK FOOD SYSTEM 1954-84

Ist Teil von

• Journal of agricultural economics, 1992-05, Vol.43 (2), p.191-204

Ort / Verlag

Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

1992

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This paper uses input‐output data bases to derive estimates of industry productivity growth rates in the UK for three discrete sub‐periods. The results are then used to derive estimates of the within‐industry productivity growth contributions to the changing efficiency over time of the economic system in meeting consumers' food requirements. The resultant estimates indicate the value of extending studies of agricultural productivity growth to encompass efficiency gains in industries that are upstream and downstream of the agricultural industry.