Productivity performance in agriculture: comparison of the Baltic Countries

Leimane, I., Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Priekuļi, Priekuļi parish, Priekuļi Municipality . Inst. of Agricultural Resources and Economics; Krievina, A., Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Priekuļi, Priekuļi parish, Priekuļi Municipality . Inst. of Agricultural Resources and Economics; Melece, L., Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Priekuļi, Priekuļi parish, Priekuļi Municipality . Inst. of Agricultural Resources and Economics

Productivity performance in agriculture: comparison of the Baltic Countries

2017

Leimane, I., Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Priekuļi, Priekuļi parish, Priekuļi Municipality (Latvia). Inst. of Agricultural Resources and Economics | Krievina, A., Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Priekuļi, Priekuļi parish, Priekuļi Municipality (Latvia). Inst. of Agricultural Resources and Economics | Melece, L., Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Priekuļi, Priekuļi parish, Priekuļi Municipality (Latvia). Inst. of Agricultural Resources and Economics

The productivity and its performance is one of the core topics of economics studies. The growth of productivity is an indicator of competitiveness, as well as a possible way to achieve economic growth and wellbeing. After joining the EU, the agriculture of the Baltic countries faced increasing competition of the EU Single Market, while having relatively lower productivity indicators. Since 2004, significant structural changes have taken place in the agriculture of the Baltic countries, and it is a topical question whether these changes and overall trends in the agricultural sectors of the Baltic countries have facilitated to increase productivity. Therefore, the objective of the study is to evaluate the productivity growth of the main production factors and the total factor productivity growth in the agriculture of the Baltic countries between 2004 and 2015, in relation to the changes in the use of the production factors. The paper focuses on the value added as output, and land, labour and capital as individual inputs to obtain partial productivity measures. The evaluation of TFP is based on the Index number approach, where TFP growth is a ratio of the Output index to the Input index. The calculations and analyses show that since 2004 both the agricultural output and value added have increased in the agriculture of the Baltic countries, and also productivity performance has improved.

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Research for Rural Development. International Scientific Conference Proceedings (Latvia)

Issue 23/2017 ISSN 1691-4031

Publisher

Latvia University of Agriculture

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p. 89−96

Other Subjects

Analyse economique; Valor anadido; Productivite des terres; Datos estadisticos; Analisis economico; Estados balticos; Croissance economique; Donnee statistique; Valeur ajoutee; Calculo; Productivite du travail; Productivite du capital; Productivite; Etat balte; Factores de produccion; Crecimiento economico

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English

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3 tables, 3 fig., 24 ref.

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Conference; Summary; Web Site; Ams

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Research for Rural Development 2017. Annual 23rd International Scientific Conference Proceedings. Volume 2, Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia).- Jelgava (Latvia): Latvia University of Agriculture, 2017. International Scientific Conference: Research for Rural Development 2017, 23, Jelgava (Latvia), 17−19 May 2017.- p. 89−96

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International Scientific Conference: Research for Rural Development 2017, 23, Jelgava (Latvia), 17−19 May 2017

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