The economic impact of new technologies on small rice farms in Iloilo, Philippines : a case study of two farmers at Cordova Norte
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1979
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Delfin, Dulce Reyes
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Because Philippine agriculture has been characterised by the
dominance of small farms mostly less than four hectares in size, it was
felt that new technology is a useful approach to improve the productive
capacity of such farms. Thereby, this study aims to measure the economic
benefits of new technologies developed for rice farmers in a range of
practical situations. A case study approach was used .in exploring the
situation of two sample farmers from the village of Cordova Norte in the
province of Iloilo.
Whole farm analysis was employed so that the farm is looked at as
a whole entity with a set of resource supplies interrelated with the
various activities of the farmer. This was demonstrated by using a linear
programming (LP) technique which specified the combination of alternatives
that will generate the optimal plan subject to specified resource
situations.
The impact of the introduction of new technologies (NTs) was
assessed by comparing the "historical" situation which employs only
historical technologies and the "new" situation where appropriate new
technologies, available in the area were included in the farmers' options.
These NTs include methods of rice crop establishment such as transplanting
(TPR) , wet-seeding (WSR) , and dry-seeding (DSR) ; as well as new rice
varieties such as IR36 and improved upland varieties such as corn DMR2.
The results suggest that complementarities exist between different
technologies. NTs generate a higher surplus to the farmer although the
improvement differs in the different types of farms. As the marginal value
product (MVP) indicates the scarcity of resources, the introduction of NTs program in the agricultural sector must start with the individual farm
as the basic planning unit.
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