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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
HYBRID RICE AND ITS IMPACT ON FOOD SECURITY AND THE PATTERN OF GLOBAL PRODUCTION AND TRADE
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| Autores: |
Durand-Morat, Alvaro
Wailes, Eric J.
Chavez, Eddie C.
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| Data: |
2011-01-14
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| Ano: |
2011
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| Palavras-chave: |
Hybrid rice
Food security
Technology change
Demand and Price Analysis
Food Security and Poverty
International Relations/Trade
Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
Q16
Q55
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| Resumo: |
The hybrid rice technology is one of the many ways in which productivity of scarce resources devoted to rice production could be enhanced, with the consequent alleviation of food insecurity. The findings of this study show that the hybrid rice technology has so far made some sizable contributions to per-capita availability of rice in adopting countries with marginal spillover effects to other regions. However, at forecasted population growths, a massive intensification of adoption would be needed to maintain per-capita availability of rice at baseline levels. But even with adoption rates climbing significantly, much higher equilibrium prices are expected, which will represent a challenge for the hungry in many parts of the world. While hybrid rice has the potential to contribute significantly to improve production and food security, more efforts are needed to improve the productivity of the constraining production resources.
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| Tipo: |
Conference Paper or Presentation
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://purl.umn.edu/98845
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| Relação: |
Southern Agricultural Economics Association>2011 Annual Meeting, February 5-8, 2011, Corpus Christi, Texas
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| Formato: |
18
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