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Rice Yield Gap between Myanmar and Vietnam: A Matter of Price Policy or Public Investment in Technology?
This paper examines the rice yield gap between Myanmar and Vietnam, two countries that show a stark contrast in terms of rice production in the past two decades. It considers the impact on yield of price policies and public investments in production technology. While domestic rice prices were once...Volume 10 Issue No. 1 (June 2013) -
Market Integration and Price Causality in the Myanmar Rice Market
In Myanmar, rice is an invaluable commodity both as a staple food and a source of high foreign exchange earnings through export. The country's agricultural economy has been transitioning from a planned economy to a market system since the late 1980s; however, the government has yet to engage in...Volume 7 Issue No. 2 (December 2010) -
Rice Price Crisis: Causes, Impacts, and Solutions
A rapid increase in food grain prices in the first half of 2008 has diverted global attention to the food crisis. Rice, the staple food of millions of Asia’s poor, is not only an economic good but also a political commodity. The price of rice escalated in May due to a number of shortand long-term...Volume 7 Issue No. 2 (December 2010) -
Back in the Soup: Now What?
This article for AJAD presents the outlook for the world rice market as of early September 2023. It builds on the author's AJAD article from a year ago (https://doi.org/10.37801/ajad2022.19.2.p1) and on multiple articles in the East Asia Forum (https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2023/). A year ago...Volume 20 Issue No. 2 (December 2023) -
Enabling Adoption of Stress-Tolerant Rice Varieties and Associated Production Management Technologies by Smallholder Farmers in Cambodia
Smallholder rice farmers in four target provinces surrounding Tonle Sap Lake in Cambodia face problems of crop failures and low yields due to biotic and abiotic factors and a lack of suitable seeds and technologies. This paper reviews the status of rice production in the four areas and discusses the...Volume 20 Issue No. 1 (June 2023) -
Rapid Diffusion of Combine Harvesters in Cambodian Rice Farming: A Business Analysis
Combine harvesters have become widely used in recent years in rice farming in Cambodia on a custom-hiring basis. This study examines factors promoting investment in combine harvesters and the effects of the surge in new entrants in the custom-harvesting business. Analysis of 30 custom...Volume 17 Issue No. 1 (June 2020) -
Agricultural Households’ Food Demand: Evidence from Indonesia
This study analyzes the consumption patterns of agricultural households in Indonesia using the 2013 first quarter data of the Indonesian National Socioeconomic Survey (Survei Sosial Ekonomi Nasional [Susenas]) and the quadratic almost ideal demand system (QUAIDS) approach. Indonesian...Volume 16 Issue No. 2 (December 2019) -
Measuring the Efficiency of Rice Production in Myanmar Using Data Envelopment Analysis
Rice production in Myanmar is constrained by biophysical and socioeconomic factors. Nonetheless, efficient farm practices can enhance productivity, farmers’ profit, and the price and quality of marketed rice. This study analyzed the profitability and efficiency of rice production in the...Volume 16 Issue No. 2 (December 2019) -
Risk Perceptions, Attitudes, and Influential Factors of Rainfed Lowland Rice Farmers in Ilocos Norte, Philippines
This study analyzes the risk perceptions and risk attitudes of farmers practicing different rice-based cropping patterns in the rainfed lowland ecosystems of Ilocos Norte, Philippines. The Likert scale and Kruskal-Wallis test were employed to assess the farmers' risk perceptions while the...Volume 8 Issue No. 2 (December 2011) -
Risk Management Strategies for Drought-Prone Rice Cultivation: A Case Study of Tamil Nadu, India
This study aimed to understand the issues associated with rainfed rice production in dry and semidry areas in Tamil Nadu, India. Farmers face risks such as input, output, market-price, and income, as these areas are prone to rainfall shortage. Secondary data about Tamil Nadu and various waterlimited...Volume 6 Issue No. 2 (December 2009)
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