Modern Rice Technology and Income Distribution in Asia / / ed. by Cristina C. David, Keijiro Otsuka.

Looking at seven Asian countries--with widely diverse production environments and agrarian and policy structures--the authors investigate to what extent the limited adoption of MVs in the irrigated and the favorable rainfed lowland areas has exacerbated inequalities in the distribution of income.

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Place / Publishing House:Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]
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Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
Series:An International Rice Research Institute Project
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Physical Description:1 online resource (475 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Figures
  • Preface
  • Part 1. Scope, Focus, and Methodology
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Differential Impact of Modern Rice Varieties in Asia: An Overview
  • 3. An Integrated Analytical Framework
  • Part 2. Country Studies
  • 4. Technological Change, Land Reform, and Income Distribution in the Philippines
  • 5. Modern Rice Variety Adoption and Factor-Market Adjustments in Indonesia
  • 6. Varietal Improvements, Productivity Change, and Income Distribution: The Case of Lampung, Indonesia
  • 7. Modern Variety Adoption, Factor-Price Differential, and Income Distribution in Thailand
  • 8. Production Environments, Modern Variety Adoption, and Income Distribution in Bangladesh
  • 9. Modern Variety Adoption, Wage Differentials, and Income Distribution in Nepal
  • 10. Irrigation Quality, Modern Variety Adoption, and Income Distribution: The Case of Tamil Nadu in India
  • 11. The Nature and Impact of Hybrid Rice in China
  • Part 3. Technology and Income in Asian Rice Farming
  • 12. Modern Rice Technology: Emerging Views and Policy Implications
  • Appendix
  • References
  • The Contributors
  • Index
  • About the Book