TY  - BOOK
TI  - Economic consequences of the new rice technology
U1  - Fil 336.16 In82e 1978 
PY  - 1978///
CY  - Manila 
PB  - The International Rice Research Institute
KW  - Rice technology
N1  - Output and supply. – 
Exploring the gap between potential and actual rice yields: in the Philippine case - R. W. Herdt and T. H. Wickham. –
Comments on "Exploring the gap between potential and actual rice yields: the Philippine case" - A. A. M. Ekramul Ahsan. –
Structural changes in rice supply relations: Philippines and Thailand - J. F. Sison, Somsak Prakongtanapan, And Y. Hayami. –
Comments on "Structural changes in rice supply relations: Philippines and Thailand" - J. G. Ryan. –
Farm income structure. – 
Costs and returns for rice production - R. W. Herdt. –
Comments on "Costs and returns for rice production" - P. H. Calkins. –
Shares of farm earnings from rice production - C. G. Ranade and R. W. Herdt. –
Comments on "Shares of farm earnings from rice production" - R. S. Sinaga and B. M. Sinaga. –
Labor and mechanization. – 
Labor utilization in rice production - R. Barker and V. G. Cordova. –
Comments on "Labor utilization in rice production" - K. Griffin. –
Mechanization and use of modern rice varieties - B. Duff. –
Comments on "Mechanization and use of modern rice varieties" - R. A. Morris and Affendi Anwar. –
Fertilizer and water. – 
Modern rice varieties and fertilizer consumption - C. C. David and R. Barker. –
Comments on "Modern rice varieties and fertilizer consumption" - G. Desai. –
Complementarities among irrigation, fertilizer, and modern rice varieties - T. H. Wickham, R. Barker, and M. V. Rosegrant. –
Comments on "Complementarities among irrigation, fertilizer, and modern rice varieties" - L. Small.
Social benefits. – 
Social returns to rice research - R. E. Evenson and P. M. Flores. –
Comments on "Social return to rice research" - G. M. Scobie. –
Market price effects of new rice technology on income distribution - Y. Hayami and R. W. Herdt. –
Comments on "Market price effects of new rice technology on income distribution" P. Pinstrup-Andersen. –
Policy. –
New rice technology and national irrigation development policy - M. Kikuchi and Y. Hayami. –
Comments on "New rice technology and national irrigation development policy" - A. Siamwalla. –
New rice technology and policy alternatives for food self-sufficiency - R. Barker, E. Bennagen, and Y. Hayami. –
Comments on "New rice technology and policy alternatives for food self-sufficiency" D. D. Hedley. –
New rice technology and agricultural development policy - V. W. Ruttan. –
Comments on "New rice technology and agricultural development policy" - A. Valdes. –
General comments - C. H. Hanumantha Rao. –
General comments - G. Ranis. –
Participants
N2  - "THE DEVELOPMENT AND DIFFUSION of modern rice varieties since the mid-1960's have had a profound impact on the economies in tropical and subtropical Asia. Discussions of the socioeconomic consequences of the new rice varieties generated a large mass of literature, both scientific and popular. In many cases, however, the discussions have been impressionistic, not based on solid empirical evidence, as reflected in the sudden shift in the public mood from the initial enthusiasm on the green revolution to the current worry about a world food crisis.
Since the establishment of the International Rice Research Institute, its economists have engaged primarily in production-oriented micro research to maximize interactions with their colleagues in the biological sciences and in engineering. The objective was to achieve IRRI's primary mission to develop technology for the increase of rice production on farms in developing countries.
That the technology developed must improve the welfare of rural people engaged in rice production has always been kept in mind, however. Likewise, national policies on prices, trade, and provision of infrastructure such as irrigation were clearly recognized as the basic factors either constraining or promoting the realization of the potential of new rice technology. Thus, efforts were made to analyze broader social and economic problems, such as the impact of new rice technology on employment and income distribution, and the interactions between policy and technology.
Until recently, such research was ad hoc, primarily a by-product of direct production-oriented research. The analysis was limited mostly to problems in the backyard of IRRI, namely the Philippines. The trend toward wider use of the modern rice technology has, however, increased the need to assess its broad impact on the various aspects of economy and society in all of rice-growing Asia. In consideration of that need, IRRI organized in 1975 the major program area of Economic Consequences of New Rice Technology.
Because the problems to be examined by the consequences program are broad and versatile, analyzing them comprehensively is clearly beyond the capacity of IRRI or any other single agency. The need for collaborative research among national and international agencies thus became obvious. For that reason, IRRI organized this conference on the present state of knowledge and the future research need inherent in the socioeconomic consequences of new rice technology. 
As bases for the discussion, resource papers based on accumulated empirical research findings during the past 10 years were prepared by IRRI economists. Discussants selected from among the specialists studying the socioeconomic impact of new rice technology in various parts of the world developed positive arguments to either support or refute the conclusions in the resource papers. The conference thus served as an overall critical review of IRRI's consequences research. At the same time, it identified the present state of knowledge through the discussions on whether — and how much - the findings at IRRI with respect to the Philippine case have anything in common with those in other countries.
The resource papers and the discussion papers presented at the conference are compiled in this volume. Although the problems covered are far from comprehensive, the materials add significantly to solid empirical evidence and can serve as the basis for future research to resolve controversial issues concerning the development and diffusion of new rice technology in Asia.
- Randolph Barker and Yujiro Hayami
UR  - http://books.irri.org/9711040425_content.pdf
ER  -