Agricultural Commercialization, Nutrition, and the Rural Poor : : A Study of Philippine Farm Households / / Lawrence J. Haddad, Howarth E. Bouis.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Bouis, Howarth E.,; Haddad, Lawrence J.,
• MitwirkendeR: Mellor, John W.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]; ©1990
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (190 p.)

The authors investigate who, how, and why some benefit from the process of agricultural commercialization while others lose, drawing on a wide range of information at the household and individual level collected from a random sample of 500 households in the Philippines.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Map of the Philippines, Indicating the Study Area Location of the Survey Barios Relative to BUSCO, Southern Bukidnon Province Study Area -- 1 Agricultural Commercialization, Nutrition, and Government Policy in Less Developed Countries -- 2 Research Design, Conceptual Framework, and Sample Selection -- 3 Changes in Land Tenure Patterns -- 4 The Corn Production System -- 5 The Sugar Production System -- 6 Comparing Corn and Sugar Production: Economic Profits, Changes in Labor Allocation Patterns, Other Sources of Income -- 7 Incomes, Expenditures, and Calorie Intakes at the Household Level -- 8 Individual Calorie Intakes -- 9 Heights and Weights of Preschool Children -- 10 Conclusions and Policy Recommendations -- Appendixes -- Appendix A Prices for Selected Inputs by Crop-Tenancy Group -- Appendix B Carabao Input Demand Functions -- C Detailed Production Function Estimations -- D Family Participation Rates in Corn Processing, Disposition of Corn Bran, and Prices Paid and Received at Various Stages of Corn Processing -- E Total Expenditures and Household Calorie Availability as Proxies for Income and Household Calorie Intakes -- F Descriptive Statistics for Variables Used in Regression Estimates -- G Results of Tests for Equality of Coefficients Between Corn and Sugar Households -- H Results of Tests for Exogeneity -- I Should the Model be Treated as Simultaneous or Recursive? -- Bibliography -- Index