S. C. Hsieh and Vernon W. Ruttan
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- April 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199754359
- eISBN:
- 9780190261320
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199754359.003.0006
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Macro- and Monetary Economics
This chapter analyzes why rice farming productivity was higher in Taiwan than in the Philippines and Thailand before the Asian Green Revolution of the late 1960s. It focuses on two hypotheses ...
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This chapter analyzes why rice farming productivity was higher in Taiwan than in the Philippines and Thailand before the Asian Green Revolution of the late 1960s. It focuses on two hypotheses acquired from data collected in the Philippines, Thailand, and Taiwan. The first hypothesis implies that the increases in yield of rice and differences in yield among major rice-producing areas within Southeast Asia reflect variations in environmental conditions under which rice is grown, while the second hypothesis points out that differences in rice yield between Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia reflect variations in technological and institutional factors.Less
This chapter analyzes why rice farming productivity was higher in Taiwan than in the Philippines and Thailand before the Asian Green Revolution of the late 1960s. It focuses on two hypotheses acquired from data collected in the Philippines, Thailand, and Taiwan. The first hypothesis implies that the increases in yield of rice and differences in yield among major rice-producing areas within Southeast Asia reflect variations in environmental conditions under which rice is grown, while the second hypothesis points out that differences in rice yield between Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia reflect variations in technological and institutional factors.
Vernon W. Ruttan and Yujiro Hayami
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- April 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199754359
- eISBN:
- 9780190261320
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199754359.003.0002
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Macro- and Monetary Economics
This chapter discusses how Vernon Ruttan and Yujiro Hayami’s research provided a consistent and effective framework for analyzing how markets, technology development, and institutional changes ...
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This chapter discusses how Vernon Ruttan and Yujiro Hayami’s research provided a consistent and effective framework for analyzing how markets, technology development, and institutional changes interact to facilitate agricultural development. Ruttan and Hayami’s research are widely recognized for farmers’ increase in agricultural production due to effective technology and institutional change, as demonstrated by the Asian Green Revolution of the 1960s. The chapter concludes with an explanation of how the induced technical change theme provided the structure needed to integrate a large body of theoretical and empirical research on agricultural development.Less
This chapter discusses how Vernon Ruttan and Yujiro Hayami’s research provided a consistent and effective framework for analyzing how markets, technology development, and institutional changes interact to facilitate agricultural development. Ruttan and Hayami’s research are widely recognized for farmers’ increase in agricultural production due to effective technology and institutional change, as demonstrated by the Asian Green Revolution of the 1960s. The chapter concludes with an explanation of how the induced technical change theme provided the structure needed to integrate a large body of theoretical and empirical research on agricultural development.
