TY  - JA
AU  - Gonzales,L.A.
TI  - Rice production and regional crop diversification in the Philippines:  economic issues
U1  - 91-002012 
PY  - 1987///
KW  - Asia
KW  - Cropping patterns and systems
KW  - Gramineae
KW  - Oryza
KW  - Production
KW  - Production economics
KW  - Socioeconomic organization
KW  - South east Asia
N1  - 1 graph; 12 tables; 9 ref. Summary (En)
N2  - The paper discusses Philippine rice production on the basis of some economic issues. Its main points are that: (1) the current low world market price of rice adversely affects the economic viability of Philippine rice production; (2) economic efficiDEy should be the overriding norm in attempt to alleviate the plight of the poor and disadvantaged groups; (3) agricultural diversification can be tapped to help improve the economic well-being of poor rice farmers, and (4) given natural resource endowments, technology and trade, the determinant of agricultural diversification should be comparative advantage or economic efficiDEy
T2  - Philippine Review of Economics and Business
ER  -