Has growth in productivity in Australian broadacre agriculture slowed?

Yu Sheng, John Denis Mullen, Shiji Zhao

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Abstract

Agricultural productivity growth has been strong relative to other sectors in the Australian economy, and relative to the agricultural sectors of other developed countries. However, as commonly observed among other developed economies, growth in productivity in the broadacre sector of Australian agriculture seems to have slowed in the past decade. This paper uses the adjusted cumulative sum square (CUSQ) index to examine the trend stability of total factor productivity in Australian broadacre agriculture over the period 1952-53 to 2006-07. The results show that a significant slowdown occurred around the mid-1990s. Further analysis shows that the slowdown in productivity growth is driven by a longterm decline in public R&D investment in addition to poor seasonal conditions in the past decade.
Original languageEnglish
Number of pages24
JournalABARE Conference Paper
Issue number10.01
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes
Event54th Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Annual Conference 2010 (AARES 2010) - Adelaide, Australia
Duration: 10 Feb 201012 Feb 2010
https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/tep/30281#:~:text=02%20Nov%202011-,2010%20papers,-10.16b%20%3A%20Public%20investment

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