Tue, 13 May 2014 15:29:03 +0200
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Hi all, a great discussion. My name is Karlheinz Knickel, I am an independent researcher and consultant based in Frankfurt/Main. I have a particular interest in interfaces of practical, research and policy levels as well as analyses that support the effectiveness of rural, agricultural and environmental policies. I work with the Institute for Rural Development Research (IfLS), which is one of the nine partners in the IMPRESA project (http://www.impresa-project.eu/).
I'd like to add a European dimension to the discussions by drawing your attention to an issue relevant to impact assessment at the macro-level discussed by Alan Matthews, who is Professor Emeritus of European Agricultural Policy in the Department of Economics at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. In his analysis of agricultural productivity growth in the EU, he contrasts Total Factor Productivity (TFP) growth with partial productivity measures such as growth in labour productivity or land productivity (yields per hectare). He concludes that, "given the growth in food demand and the need to minimise the additional demands on land and water, as well as intermediate inputs such as fertilisers and chemicals for environmental reasons, increasing the growth of TFP in agriculture should be a policy priority."
A resulting question for this e-mail conference is:
When wishing to assess the impacts of agricultural research at the macro-level: From your experience, do you think that partial productivity indicators are not appropriate as they do not measure ‘true’ productivity growth? How much does the conclusion depend on the particular context and, for example, resource situation?
The full analysis by Alan Matthews is available at http://capreform.eu/what-is-happening-to-eu-agricultural-productivity-growth/. It also includes cross-references to relevant studies and data like the impact of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) subsidies on productivity and the goal of achieving green growth in EU agriculture.
Dr Karlheinz Knickel
Research Associate
Institute for Rural Development Research (IfLS) Alfred-Delp-Str 40
60599 Frankfurt/Main
Germany
www.ifls.de
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Website: http://linkedin.com/in/kknickel
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E-Mail: knickel (at) em.uni-frankfurt.de
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