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PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH AND THE UK FOOD SYSTEM 1954‐84
Author(s) -
McDonald J. R. S.,
Rayner A. J.,
Bates J. M.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.157
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1477-9552
pISSN - 0021-857X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1477-9552.1992.tb00214.x
Subject(s) - productivity , upstream (networking) , agriculture , agricultural economics , economics , agricultural productivity , downstream (manufacturing) , value (mathematics) , multifactor productivity , food industry , productivity model , total factor productivity , econometrics , natural resource economics , industrial organization , operations management , mathematics , macroeconomics , statistics , geography , computer science , telecommunications , archaeology , political science , law
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.