| Project/Area Number |
63041115
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Overseas Scientific Survey.
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | Field Research |
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| Research Institution | Tokyo University of Agriculture |
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Principal Investigator |
MATSUDA Toshiro Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture, 農学部, 教授 (90078121)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
FUJIMOTO Akimi Associate Professor, NODAI Research Institute, Tokyo University of Agriculture, 総合研究所, 助教授 (80147488)
MASUDA Yoshitaka Professor, Faculty of Zootechnical Science, Obihiro University of Agriculture an, 畜産学部, 教授 (70011947)
HIGUCHI Teizo Professor, Institute of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Tsukuba, 農林学系, 教授 (50003752)
HIROSE Shohei Professor, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Nihon University, 農獣医学部, 教授 (00102517)
KANAZAWA Natsuki Professor, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Nihon University, 農獣医学部, 教授 (90011783)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1987 – 1989
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 1989)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥12,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥12,100,000)
Fiscal Year 1989: ¥3,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000)
Fiscal Year 1988: ¥9,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥9,000,000)
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| Keywords | Farmers' Behaviour / Farm Household Income / Rice Technology / Technological Innovation / Southeast Asia / Rice Productivity |
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| Research Abstract |
Based on a series of intensive farm household survey conducted in three villages in Malaysia, two villages in Southern Thailand, and three villages in the Philippines, this study aimed at the clarification of farm-level problems associated with the introduction and impact of new rice technology. It was found that the level of technological innovation varied considerably from country to country and from area to area within a country, reflecting diverse conditions in ecology, climate and socioeconomy. It seemed important to prepare varying technological choice, from which an individual farmer may select most appropriate one, rather than trying to disseminate a fixed package of technology. Individual farmers were considered to regard rice farming as only one of their diversifed sources of income, and in this senses, the principle of their economic behaviour appeared to be the maximization of farm household income rathern than the maximization of profit or the search for most efficient rice farm management.
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