| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
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| Research Abstract |
This study aims to estimate global competitiveness of major agricultural products such as aromatic rice, yellow cattle, maize and to examine policy strategies to reduce the constraints the export expansion of these products in Cambodia and Laos.
For aromatoic rice, we made a comparative study of production cost and DRC in Cambodia, Laos and Thailand and got the following study results.
1.Cambodian aromatic rice has the strongest global competitiveness among three countries, and the Cambodian rice growing farmers will be able to gain a lot rural poverty will be reduced very much if they will grow aromatic rice, export license system will be abolished and informal tax imposed on rice export due to corruption and bribe by custom officers and police men will be reduced, and post-harvest facilities will be improved.
2.If we compare production cost by official exchange rate, we find that the production cost of aromatic rice in Laos was higher than that of Thai and Cambodian aromatic rice. However, if the overvalued official exchange rate is corrected, Lao aromatic rice gains competitiveness comared to Thai aromatic rice. Furthermore, if rice farming in Laos is transformed from subsistence to commercial, Lao aromatic rice can be exported to Thailand, since its production cost can be lower than of Thai aromatic rice and there is little difference in taste and aroma.
As for the yellow cattle in Laos, maize in Cambodia and Laos, we elucidate that even though they have big potentials for development, they face some difficulties with export expansion. To increase export of yellow cattle, farmers will have to improve cattle raising technologies and the present epidemic prevention and quarantine system will have to be very much improved. For the further expansion of maize production, promulgating farming methods for preserving soil fertility will be key to sustainable development.
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