Long-term farming trends: an inquiry using agricultural censuses

Gustavo Anríquez and Genny Bonomi

No 289039, ESA Working Papers from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA)

Abstract: This paper provides a long-term and global view at current farming trends by analyzing a specially created database of farming characteristics of 17 countries across 43 different agricultural censuses representing the different developing regions of the world. The study shows that while agricultural land appears to be a constraint in central and East Asia, it has been under expansion in Latin America, Northern Africa, and most of sub-Saharan Africa. We also estimate that 9 out of 10 farms are 'small' (i.e. smaller than 2 ha). These farms are more specialized in staple crops than their larger counterparts, and exhibit slower productivity growth.

Keywords: Agricultural; and; Food; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-07-18
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Working Paper: Long-Term Farming Trends. An Inquiry Using Agricultural Censuses (2007)
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.289039

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