mechanization on use of household and hired labor. Finally, agricultural mechanization significantly raises the productivity of …

productivity. In particular, we find that doubling agricultural credits generates around 4-5 percent increase in agricultural … productivity. We use two different agricultural production measures: (i) the agricultural component of GDP and (ii) agricultural … labor productivity. Employing a combination of panel-data and instrumental-variable methods, we show that agricultural …

Ethiopian government has introduced various agricultural package programs in promoting agricultural productivity of the … smallholder farmers. The paper attempts to explore the status and determinants of agricultural productivity and estimate the … impact of integrated agricultural package programs on farm productivity by using extensive panel data in the Eastern zone of …