Improving rice production and commercialization in Cambodia : findings from a farm investment climate assessment Asian Development Bank / Asian Development Bank.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Asian Development Bank, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rice trade.

Rice products.

Rice--Economic aspects.

Rice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (60 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Metro Manila, Philippines : Asian Development Bank, 2014.

Summary:

Cambodia has a potential advantage in agricultural production due to significant amounts of fertile land and high levels of agricultural employment, but rice production and commercialization remain well below potential. This study uses a farm investment climate assessment to provide evidence on key areas where government investments and policy reforms can lead to higher levels of rice production and commercialization in small farms. Improving output markets through domestic milling and increasing the area irrigated are found to be related to increased production efficiency, commercialization, rice sold, and value of sales.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; Executive Summary; Abbreviations; I. Introduction; II. Farm Investment Climate Assessment; A. Survey Rationale and Design; B. Sampling Strategy; C. Farm and Farm Household Characteristics; D. Farm Investment Climate; E. Differences among Provinces; III. Methodology; A. Conceptual Framework; B. Farm Investment Climate Variables; IV. Investment Climate Effects; A. Input Usage; B. Rice Production Technical Efficiency; C. Commercialization and Rice Sales; D. Land Investments; E. Short-Term Policies for Enhancing Input Usage; F. Discussion

V. Policy ImplicationsVI. Final Remarks; Appendix: Econometric Methods; References; Tables and Figures; Tables; 1 Variables in the Cambodian Farm Investment Climate Assessment Survey; 2 Selection of Communes per Province; 3 Minimum Quotas for Household Sampling in Commune; 4 Farm and Farm Household Characteristics; 5 Rice Production by Season of Subsistence and Commercialized Farmers; 6 Investment Climate Farm Indicators; 7 Investment Climate Commune Indicators; 8 Key Investment Climate Variables; 9 Simulated Production Increase from 100 Investment in Inputs

10 Simulation of Input Price Change on ProductionA.1 Relationship between Quantity of Input per Hectare and Commercialization Proabilities; A.2 Technical Efficiency Models; A.3 Commercialization and Marketed Surplus; A.4 Change in Land Size; A.5 Land Investments; Figures; 1 Rice Paddy Production of Selected Asian Countries; 2 Cambodia Map; 3 Most Problematic Constraints to Agricultural Production; 4 Farmers' Ranking of Major Issues in Agricultural Production; 5 Awareness and Usage of Agricultural Extension Services; 6 New Investments Made in the Last 2 Years

7 Rice Production and Commercialization8 Market Integration for Noncommercialized and Commercialized Farmers; 9 Relationship between Quantity of Rice Commercialized and Quantity of Rice Produced; 10 Investment Climate Effects on Technical Efficiency; 11 Investment Climate Effects on Commercialization; 12 Investment Climate Effects on Rice Sold; 13 Investment Climate Effects on Probability of Land Change; 14 Stated Changes in Rice Cultivation Due to Crop Insurance

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 30, 2016).

ISBN:

9789292546663

929254666X