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The Contrasting Response of Rice to Nitrogen: India and the United States

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  • Robert W. Herdt
  • John W. Mellor

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Comparative study shows that the functional relationship between inorganic nitrogen application and rice yield is strikingly different in the United States as compared to India. As a result, the optimal level of fertilizer application and the financial returns to use of fertilizer are much lower under Indian conditions than American conditions. Since extensive enquiry suggests that this contrast is due to differences in the research input, it indicates the efficacy of substantial research effort in India in the biological sciences if fertilizer is to provide the basis for a substantial and continuous rate of growth of production.

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  • Robert W. Herdt & John W. Mellor, 1964. "The Contrasting Response of Rice to Nitrogen: India and the United States," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 46(1), pages 150-160.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:ajagec:v:46:y:1964:i:1:p:150-160.
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    1. Mellor, John W., 1982. "Agricultural Growth - Structures and Patterns," 1982 Conference, August 24-September 2, 1982, Jakarta, Indonesia 182449, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    2. Peterson, Willis L. & Hayami, Yujiro, 1977. "Technical Change in Agriculture," A Survey of Agricultural Economics Literature, Volume 1: Traditional Fields of Agricultural Economics 1940s to 1970s,, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    3. Harianto Harianto & M. Parulian Hutagaol & Iman Widhiyanto, 2019. "Sources and Effects of Credit Accessibility on Smallholder Paddy Farms Performance: An Empirical Analysis of Government Subsidized Credit Program in Indonesia," International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, Econjournals, vol. 9(5), pages 1-10.

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