Access to markets and farm efficiency: A study of rice farms in the Bicol Region, Philippines

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This paper presents an empirical investigation of the relationship between the spread, spatially and temporally, of market institutions and improvements in the productivity and efficiency of farmers. The data used in this study were collected over two decades in a sample of rice farms in the Bicol Region of the Philippines. Our estimates reveal a significant inverse relationship between distance from the market and farm productivity and efficiency in 1983. While there are substantial improvements in yields, unit costs, and efficiency in the two decades that followed, the gains are larger in the more remote and sparsely populated villages. This finding suggests that the relationship between remoteness and farm outcomes has weakened over time. We also find that the development of markets in the peripheral villages and the improved connectivity between the peripheral villages and market centers are facilitated by population growth, infrastructural investments (specifically, irrigation and roads), and the availability of agricultural extension programs.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Working Paper ; No. 687

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development ; Economic Development: Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products ; Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
• Thema: farm efficiency ; agricultural markets ; institutional conditions ; Philippines

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): DeSilva, Sanjaya
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
• (wo): Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
• (wann): 2011

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/57082
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ