Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers
Creation-Date: 2000-08-08
Number: 00-070/3
Author-Name: Peter Nijkamp
Author-Email: pnijkamp@feweb.vu.nl
Author-Workplace-Name: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Author-Name: Gabriella Vindigni
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Catania
Title: Food Security and Agricultural Sustainability - A Comparative Multi-Country Assessment of Critical Success Factors
Abstract: This paper offers an overview of factors that are decisive forproductivity increase in the agricultural sector (bothfarming and agro-food). An attempt is made to explain differences intotal factor productivity in agriculture indifferent countries by means of meta-analysis, in particular, byusing rough set theory as a framework forcomparative study. The main aim is to derive the drivers of changesin agricultural food production with a view toconditional future predictions of an 'if...then' nature. The empiricalapplication to OECD countries is used toillustrate the potential of this new approach for identifyingcritical success factors in agriculture with a view tofuture food security objectives.
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