Abstract

As the world population grows more, agriculture offers great oppurtunities for developing countries to grow. Developing countries especially have noticed that if they could increase their agriculture output and exports, they could have rapid growing rates. The aim of this study is to measure and analyze the total factor productivity of developing and growthleading countries between 2010 and 2013. The relevant countries are BRICS and MINT countries. BRICS countries are Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. On the other hand, MINT countries are Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey. So, agricultural productivity of these countries has been affecting on global agricultural output which satisfies the needs of growing world population and for this reason, agricultural productivity of these countries have been analyzed using data envelopment analysis. In the results of data envelopment analysis, productive and unproductive countries have been found out and reasons of unproductivity in these countries have been investigated.