Evaluation Government on Agricultural Production & Productivity (Case study: Member Countries of the Asian Productivity Organization)

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Note that the overall agricultural economy in some developing countries are affected by government policies, not the free market, studding role and government indicators on agricultural production and productivity is important. Hence In this study, the role of government on production and productivity of agricultural inputs has been studied by using the World Bank indicators for APO contries in 2002-2010. So production and structural equation methods was used to test the hypothesis. The results of the two methods confirms the hypothesis. Results showed that a country with better government policies can be more agricultural production and labor creates more production in a country with better government policies. Appropriate government policies can also improve indirectly excitation agricultural productivity by investing in agriculture. So suggested that focus on improving performance and the control of corruption government index.

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