MEASURING AND EXPLAINING THE DECLINE IN U.S. COTTON PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH

Stephen C. Cooke and Wesley Sundquist

No 140526, A.E. Research Series from University of Idaho, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology

Abstract: Tornquist input quantity indexes derived from USDA/SRS/FEDS survey data along with yield data are used to derive total and partial factor productivity measures across time and region for a sample of representative u.s. cotton enterprises. Total factor productivity for u.s. cotton increased only .2% per year between 1974 and 1982 compared to a much higher post-World-War-II growth rate of about 5%. Partial productivity measures revealed that yield growth was about .6% per year, while total input use grew about .4% per year. Among the input categories, capital and labor requirements decreased about 1% per year and materials use increased by about 1.5%. cotton enterprises in selected regions in Alabama and Mississippi gained and those in the Texas High Plains lost competitive advantage relative to enterprises in the California region.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27
Date: 1991-03
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