Do Farmers Choose to Be Inefficient? Evidence from Bicol, Philippines
Farming households that differ in their ability, or willingness to take on risks are likely to make different decisions when allocating resources, and effort among income-producing activities, with consequences for productivity. The authors measure...
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okr-10986-156102021-04-23T14:03:19Z Do Farmers Choose to Be Inefficient? Evidence from Bicol, Philippines Larson, Donald F. Plessmann, Frank FARM MANAGEMENT RESEARCH FARMERS ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY FARMING SYSTEMS RISK MANAGEMENT ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES FARM INCOME RICE PRODUCTION HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS PANEL ANALYSIS EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS DIVERSIFICATION MARKET ACCESS ADVERSE EFFECTS AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL PRICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE COCONUTS CORN CROP CROP DIVERSIFICATION CROP INSURANCE CROP PRODUCTION CROPS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISCOUNT RATE ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC INCENTIVES ECONOMIC STATISTICS ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY ENVELOPE THEOREM EXPECTED UTILITY FARM FARM HOUSEHOLDS FARMER FARMERS FARMING FERTILIZER FERTILIZER USE FERTILIZERS GRAIN GRAIN YIELDS GROWING SEASONS HIGH YIELDING VARIETIES HIGH-YIELDING VARIETIES INCOME INEFFICIENCY INPUT USE INSURANCE INTEGRATION IRRIGATION LAND RESOURCES MARGINAL UTILITY MARKET PRICES MPS NUTRITION OPTIMIZATION PLANTING POOR HOUSEHOLDS PRESENT VALUE PRICE VOLATILITY PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTIVITY RAINFALL RICE RICE PRICES RICE PRODUCTION RICE VARIETIES RISK AVERSION RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAVINGS SEED SEEDS SPECIALIZATION TEMPERATURE TRADITIONAL SEEDS TRANSACTION COSTS UTILITY FUNCTION WEALTH YIELDS Farming households that differ in their ability, or willingness to take on risks are likely to make different decisions when allocating resources, and effort among income-producing activities, with consequences for productivity. The authors measure voluntary, and involuntary departures from efficiency for rice-producing households in Bicol, Philippines. They take advantage of a panel of household observations from 1978, 1983, and 1994. The unusually long-time span of the panel provides ample opportunities for the surveyed households to learn, and apply successful available technologies. The authors find evidence that diversification, and technology choices do effect outcomes among farmers, although these effects are not dominant. Accumulated wealth, past decisions to invest in education, favorable market conditions, and propitious weather are also important determinants of efficiency outcomes among Bicol rice farmers. 2013-09-04T19:33:13Z 2013-09-04T19:33:13Z 2002-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/02/1719822/farmers-choose-inefficient-evidence-bicol-philippines http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15610 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2787 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific Philippines |
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FARM MANAGEMENT RESEARCH FARMERS ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY FARMING SYSTEMS RISK MANAGEMENT ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES FARM INCOME RICE PRODUCTION HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS PANEL ANALYSIS EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS DIVERSIFICATION MARKET ACCESS ADVERSE EFFECTS AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL PRICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE COCONUTS CORN CROP CROP DIVERSIFICATION CROP INSURANCE CROP PRODUCTION CROPS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISCOUNT RATE ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC INCENTIVES ECONOMIC STATISTICS ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY ENVELOPE THEOREM EXPECTED UTILITY FARM FARM HOUSEHOLDS FARMER FARMERS FARMING FERTILIZER FERTILIZER USE FERTILIZERS GRAIN GRAIN YIELDS GROWING SEASONS HIGH YIELDING VARIETIES HIGH-YIELDING VARIETIES INCOME INEFFICIENCY INPUT USE INSURANCE INTEGRATION IRRIGATION LAND RESOURCES MARGINAL UTILITY MARKET PRICES MPS NUTRITION OPTIMIZATION PLANTING POOR HOUSEHOLDS PRESENT VALUE PRICE VOLATILITY PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTIVITY RAINFALL RICE RICE PRICES RICE PRODUCTION RICE VARIETIES RISK AVERSION RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAVINGS SEED SEEDS SPECIALIZATION TEMPERATURE TRADITIONAL SEEDS TRANSACTION COSTS UTILITY FUNCTION WEALTH YIELDS |
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FARM MANAGEMENT RESEARCH FARMERS ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY FARMING SYSTEMS RISK MANAGEMENT ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES FARM INCOME RICE PRODUCTION HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS PANEL ANALYSIS EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS DIVERSIFICATION MARKET ACCESS ADVERSE EFFECTS AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL PRICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE COCONUTS CORN CROP CROP DIVERSIFICATION CROP INSURANCE CROP PRODUCTION CROPS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISCOUNT RATE ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC INCENTIVES ECONOMIC STATISTICS ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY ENVELOPE THEOREM EXPECTED UTILITY FARM FARM HOUSEHOLDS FARMER FARMERS FARMING FERTILIZER FERTILIZER USE FERTILIZERS GRAIN GRAIN YIELDS GROWING SEASONS HIGH YIELDING VARIETIES HIGH-YIELDING VARIETIES INCOME INEFFICIENCY INPUT USE INSURANCE INTEGRATION IRRIGATION LAND RESOURCES MARGINAL UTILITY MARKET PRICES MPS NUTRITION OPTIMIZATION PLANTING POOR HOUSEHOLDS PRESENT VALUE PRICE VOLATILITY PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTIVITY RAINFALL RICE RICE PRICES RICE PRODUCTION RICE VARIETIES RISK AVERSION RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAVINGS SEED SEEDS SPECIALIZATION TEMPERATURE TRADITIONAL SEEDS TRANSACTION COSTS UTILITY FUNCTION WEALTH YIELDS Larson, Donald F. Plessmann, Frank Do Farmers Choose to Be Inefficient? Evidence from Bicol, Philippines |
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East Asia and Pacific Philippines |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2787 |
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Farming households that differ in their
ability, or willingness to take on risks are likely to make
different decisions when allocating resources, and effort
among income-producing activities, with consequences for
productivity. The authors measure voluntary, and involuntary
departures from efficiency for rice-producing households in
Bicol, Philippines. They take advantage of a panel of
household observations from 1978, 1983, and 1994. The
unusually long-time span of the panel provides ample
opportunities for the surveyed households to learn, and
apply successful available technologies. The authors find
evidence that diversification, and technology choices do
effect outcomes among farmers, although these effects are
not dominant. Accumulated wealth, past decisions to invest
in education, favorable market conditions, and propitious
weather are also important determinants of efficiency
outcomes among Bicol rice farmers. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
| author |
Larson, Donald F. Plessmann, Frank |
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Larson, Donald F. Plessmann, Frank |
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Larson, Donald F. |
| title |
Do Farmers Choose to Be Inefficient? Evidence from Bicol, Philippines |
| title_short |
Do Farmers Choose to Be Inefficient? Evidence from Bicol, Philippines |
| title_full |
Do Farmers Choose to Be Inefficient? Evidence from Bicol, Philippines |
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Do Farmers Choose to Be Inefficient? Evidence from Bicol, Philippines |
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Do Farmers Choose to Be Inefficient? Evidence from Bicol, Philippines |
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do farmers choose to be inefficient? evidence from bicol, philippines |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2013 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/02/1719822/farmers-choose-inefficient-evidence-bicol-philippines http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15610 |
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