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  • Price and Profitability Analysis of Major Pulses in India

    Ashutosh Kr. Tripathi
    The paper examines the reasons for the low growth in pulses production at the all India level in terms of profitability of the farm business and the workings of the price policy. More precisely, it looks into the effectiveness of (price) policy instruments in helping the farmers to get sufficient...
    Volume 14 Issue No. 2 (December 2017)

  • The Microeconomics of Agricultural Development: Risk, Institutions, and Agricultural Policy

    James A. Roumasset
    Assertions of pervasive inefficiency in the behavior and organization of developing agriculture are found to be based on unsound methodologies. Models apparently based on expected utility theory are theoretically flawed and use highly restrictive assumptions that make them largely irrelevant for...
    Volume 21 20th Anniversary Issue (October 2024)

  • Youth Engagement in Transforming the Food System to Address Malnutrition in the Philippines

    Howarth E. Bouis, Ma. Cristina B. Sison, and John Carlo L. Navasero
    Transforming the Philippine food system is essential to achieving AmBisyon Natin 2040 and addressing persistent malnutrition. This paper focuses on youth engagement as a pathway to reform by exploring how to inspire interest in agriculture, improve dietary quality, and integrate nutrition into...
    Volume 21 20th Anniversary Issue (October 2024)

  • Digital Technology Adoption and Potential in Southeast Asian Agriculture

    Jose Ma Luis Montesclaros and Paul S. Teng
    While the rural agriculture sector has traditionally been seen as backward relative to the urban industrial and services sectors, it is a potential “low-hanging fruit” ripe for a much-needed digital transformation for agricultural development. ASEAN has seen a U-turn in progress in...
    Volume 20 Issue No. 2 (December 2023)

  • Agricultural Transformation for Small (Island and Developing) States

    Paul Teng and Jose Ma Luis Montesclaros
    Agriculture in the development literature has been postulated as providing impetus for urban industrialization through its role in capital accumulation. While large states with concomitant large export potential of agricultural surpluses may subscribe to this paradigm and may also allow growth of a...
    Volume 20 Issue No. 1 (June 2023)

  • Agricultural Transformation in Asia: Experiences and Emerging Challenges

    Aziz Rahman Arya
    Agriculture plays a key role in economic development, alleviating poverty and malnutrition, especially in the early stages of agricultural development. Several studies have demonstrated that neglecting agriculture, especially at the early stages of industrialization, can disrupt the process of...
    Volume 19 Issue No. 2 (December 2022)

  • Exploring Pathways for Promoting and Scaling Up Climate-Smart Agriculture in Myanmar

    Wilson John D. Barbon, Ohnmar Khaing, Phyu Sin Thant, and Julian Gonsalves
    This paper explores potential pathways for promoting and scaling up the uptake of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) in Myanmar, using qualitative methods. Key informant interviews with stakeholders from government, research institutes, international and local development agencies, and the private...
    Volume 19 Issue No. 1 (June 2022)

  • Book Review: Agricultural Innovation Systems in Asia: Towards Inclusive Rural Development

    Rasheed Sulaiman V
    This book points to the need for finding alternative science, technology, and innovation or STI pathways to meet the new challenges from South Asian agriculture experiences. While technological, institutional, and policy innovations continue to remain important, embracing a systems approach to...
    Volume 17 Issue No. 1 (June 2020)

  • Factors Influencing Farmers’ Adoption of Climate-Smart Agriculture in Rice Production in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta

    Tien Dung Luu
    Farmers’ adoption behavior of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is a big factor in the sustainability of agricultural growth in the areas of economic, environmental, and social development. This study explores the antecedents of adoption behavior of multiple CSA, including soil and water...
    Volume 17 Issue No. 1 (June 2020)

  • Analysis of the Operational Constraints of the Rice Value Chain in Ayeyarwaddy Region, Myanmar

    Thuzar Linn and Broos Maenhout
    The rice industry is the most important agriculture subsector in Myanmar. However, far lower profits are gained from producing rice in Myanmar compared with those gained in other rice-producing ASEAN countries. This paper analyzes the operational constraints experienced by the different actors in...
    Volume 16 Issue No. 1 (June 2019)

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