Competitiveness, Productivity, and Efficiency in the Agricultural Market
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Agricultural Economics, Policies and Rural Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 618
Special Issue Editors
Interests: agricultural economics and production economics; economic growth and rural development; environmental and resource economics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Agricultural markets worldwide are undergoing profound transformation under the combined pressures of climate change, demographic shifts, technological innovation, and evolving patterns of global trade. These dynamics pose new challenges and opportunities for understanding how competitiveness, productivity, and efficiency can be enhanced across the agri-food sector. From farm-level structural adjustment and technological adoption to the reorganization of land, labor, and value chains, the determinants of market performance are becoming increasingly complex and intertwined with environmental and social considerations.
This Special Issue seeks to advance theoretical and empirical research on the competitiveness of agricultural markets, the drivers of productivity growth, and the measurement and improvement of efficiency at multiple scales.
We welcome original research articles, review papers, and case studies on topics including, but not limited to, the following:
- Employing advanced econometric and frontier methods;
- Structural modeling, or interdisciplinary approaches to analyze issues such as farm structural change;
- Green and total factor productivity, innovation and diffusion of climate-smart technologies;
- Rural–urban market integration;
- The governance mechanisms that shape agricultural market outcomes.
Studies that link competitiveness and efficiency to broader objectives of sustainability, equity, and resilience are especially welcome.
Prof. Dr. Yu Sheng
Guest Editor
Dr. Xianneng Ai
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- competitiveness
- agricultural productivity
- efficiency analysis
- market dynamics
- value chains
- structural change
- green productivity
- technological innovation
- sustainability
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