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Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A (Applied Physics & Engineering)  0, Vol. 6 Issue (100): 172-176    DOI: 10.1631/jzus.2005.AS0172
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Agricultural productivity growth and technology progress in developing country agriculture: case study in China
ANDZIO-BIKA Herve Lezin W., WEI Long-bao
Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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Abstract  The goal of this investigation was to analyze the impact of some production variables (input) on agricultural productivity growth (output) in China from 1989~2002. We selected through random sampling Zhejiang Province for our disaggregate analysis with the use of Cobb-Douglas function. The estimation results showed that all key parameters are significant and are of the expected sign. Labor and that capital and land have positive impact on agricultural productivity growth.

Key words： Agriculture      Productivity growth      China      Technology     
Received: 10 January 2005     
CLC:  F303  
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ANDZIO-BIKA Herve Lezin W., WEI Long-bao. Agricultural productivity growth and technology progress in developing country agriculture: case study in China. Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A (Applied Physics & Engineering), 0, 6(100): 172-176.

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[1] ANDZIO-BIKA Herve Lezin W., WEI Long-bao. Agricultural productivity growth and technology progress in developing country agriculture: case study in China[J]. Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A (Applied Physics & Engineering), 2005, 6(Supplement1): 172-176.