 Technological Change and Productivity Growth in the Agrarian Systems of New Zealand and Uruguay (1870–2010)Jorge Álvarez Scanniello
Chapter 18 in Agricultural Development in the World Periphery, 2018, pp 467-492 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract New Zealand and Uruguay were typical settler economies and were similar in many ways, but there were also major differences in how they developed. Chapter 18 aims to describe the New Zealand and Uruguayan livestock systems by analysing their technological trajectories as they sought to raise land productivity. We use a systematic case-oriented comparison and an evolutionary theoretical approach to technological change to understand the process in both pastoral systems in the long term (1870–2010). In the nineteenth century Uruguay had more favourable conditions for pastoral production and, until the 1930s, higher production volumes per hectare. New Zealand had higher growth rates in all livestock physical productivity indicators from 1870 to 1970, and overtook Uruguay’s levels by the mid-twentieth century. Keywords: Settler economies; Technological change; Pastoral production; Productivity growth (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palscp:978-3-319-66020-2_18 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-66020-2_18 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Studies in Economic History from Palgrave Macmillan |
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