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New rice technology and comparative advantage in rice production in the Philippines

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  • Jonna Estudillo
  • Manabu Fujimura
  • Mahabub Hossain

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The aim of this study is to assess the comparative advantage in rice production in the Philippines for the past three decades since 1966. We have found that the country gained sharp improvement in comparative advantage in rice production in 1979, when yield rose remarkably due to the diffusion of pest- and disease-resistant modern rice. Beginning in 1986 however, the country appears to have slowly lost its comparative advantage due to the decline in rice prices, stagnation in rice yield and rising cost of domestic factors. By 1990, the country completely lost its comparative advantage in rice production.

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  • Jonna Estudillo & Manabu Fujimura & Mahabub Hossain, 1999. "New rice technology and comparative advantage in rice production in the Philippines," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 35(5), pages 162-184.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jdevst:v:35:y:1999:i:5:p:162-184
    DOI: 10.1080/00220389908422596
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    1. Estudillo, Jonna P. & Quisumbing, Agnes R. & Otsuka, Keijiro, 2001. "Income distribution in rice-growing villages during the post-Green Revolution periods: the Philippine case, 1985 and 1998," Agricultural Economics, Blackwell, vol. 25(1), pages 71-84, June.
    2. Jonna P. Estudillo & Yasuyuki Sawada & Mahabub Hossain, 2005. "Socioeconomic Changes and the Decline in Poverty: A View from Three Villages in the Philippines, 1985–1997," Asian Economic Journal, East Asian Economic Association, vol. 19(4), pages 383-406, December.
    3. Estudillo, Jonna P. & Otsuka, Keijiro, 2001. "Has Green Revolution Ended? A Review of Long-Term Trends in MV Adoption, Rice Yields, and Rice Income in Central Luzon, 1966-99," Japanese Journal of Agricultural Economics (formerly Japanese Journal of Rural Economics), Agricultural Economics Society of Japan (AESJ), vol. 3.
    4. Jonna P. ESTUDILLO & Keijiro OTSUKA, 2006. "Lessons From Three Decades Of Green Revolution In The Philippines," The Developing Economies, Institute of Developing Economies, vol. 44(2), pages 123-148, June.
    5. Jonna P. Estudillo & Yukichi Mano & Yasuyuki Sawada & Keijiro Otsuka, 2014. "Poor parents, rich children: the role of schooling, nonfarm work, and migration in rural Philippines," Philippine Review of Economics, University of the Philippines School of Economics and Philippine Economic Society, vol. 51(2), pages 21-46, December.
    6. Keijiro Otsuka, 2014. "Viability of small-scale farms in Asia," Chapters, in: Raghbendra Jha & Raghav Gaiha & Anil B. Deolalikar (ed.), Handbook on Food, chapter 18, pages 462-481, Edward Elgar Publishing.

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