The Influencing Factors of Global Agricultural Production Efficiency and International Comparison Analysis

Based on the panel data of agricultural input and output of 86 countries from 1981 to 2016, the study constructs the trans-logarithmic production function model to estimate the global agricultural production efficiency and its influencing factors. The results show that the current global average agricultural efficiency loss of about 57.9%. There is a big gap in agricultural production efficiency between countries of different income levels, and the higher the income levels, the higher the agricultural efficiency. The improvement of agricultural irrigation facilities, human capital level, agricultural industrial structure and agricultural R&D input may exert significant positive effects on agricultural production efficiency.