Agricultural labour productivity, food prices and sustainable development impacts and indicators
By A. Dorward. 2013
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In the last few years high and unstable food and agricultural commodity prices and concerns about population growth, increasing per capita food demands and environmental constraints have pushed agriculture and food production up national and international political, policy and research agendas. Drawing on both theory and empirical evidence, this paper argues that fundamental impacts of links between agricultural productivity sustainability and real food price changes are often overlooked in current policy analysis. This is exacerbated by a lack of relevant and accessible indicators for monitoring agricultural productivity sustainability and real food prices. Two relatively simple and widely applicable sets of indicators are proposed for use in policy development and monitoring. Historical series of these indices are estimated for selected countries, regions and the world. Their strengths, weaknesses and potential value are then discussed in the context of the need for better sustainable agricultural development and food security indicators in any post 2015 successors to the current MDGs.
Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
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- Labour Market Effects of Large-Scale Agricultural Investment: Conceptual Considerations and Estimated Employment Effects (2017, background): “The resulting increase in demand for industrial goods and services fosters the growth of these respective sectors (Dorward, 2013).”
- The paradox of productivity: agricultural productivity promotes food system inefficiency (2019, unknown): “For economists, argued by Dorward (2013), in the long run low and stable food prices meet the definition of ‘ public goods ’ because they are non-excludable and non-rival benefits arising from government investment in agricultural research.”
- Food Sovereignty and Fome Zero: Connecting Public Food Procurement Programmes to Sustainable Rural Development in Brazil (2017, unknown): “For example, Dorward (2013) discusses a model whereby investment in new technologies and resources for labour productivity can foster economic and social development outcomes.”