Agricultural Productivity Growth in China; Farm Level versus National Measurement

It is generally accepted that the rapid output growth in China’s agriculture from 1979-1984 was due to significant productivity gain (Wen, 1993). In most developing countries, such as China, agricultural productivity gain is central to the growth of national wealth, leading to the diversion of agricultural labor into producing nonagricultural products and higher real per capita incomes (Johnson, 1997).