ricephil: Data on rice production in the Philippines
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Data on rice production in the Philippines

Description

This dataset contains annual data collected from 43 smallholder rice producers in the Tarlac region of the Philippines between 1990 and 1997.

Format

A data frame with 344 observations on the following 17 variables.

YEARDUM: Time period (1= 1990, ..., 8 = 1997).
FARMERCODE: Farmer code (1, ..., 43).
PROD: Output (tonnes of freshly threshed rice).
AREA: Area planted (hectares).
LABOR: Labor used (man-days of family and hired labor).
NPK: Fertiliser used (kg of active ingredients).
OTHER: Other inputs used (Laspeyres index = 100 for Farm 17 in 1991).
PRICE: Output price (pesos per kg).
AREAP: Rental price of land (pesos per hectare).
LABORP: Labor price (pesos per hired man-day).
NPKP: Fertiliser price (pesos per kg of active ingredient).
OTHERP: Price of other inputs (implicit price index).
AGE: Age of the household head (years).
EDYRS: Education of the household head (years).
HHSIZE: Household size.
NADULT: Number of adults in the household.
BANRAT: Percentage of area classified as bantog (upland) fields.

Details

This dataset is published as supplement to Coelli et al. (2005). While most variables of this dataset were supplied by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), some were calculated by Coelli et al. (2005, see p. 325–326). The survey is described in Pandey et al. (1999).

References

Coelli, T. J., Rao, D. S. P., O'Donnell, C. J., and Battese, G. E. 2005. An Introduction to Efficiency and Productivity Analysis, Springer, New York.

Pandey, S., Masciat, P., Velasco, L, and Villano, R. 1999. Risk analysis of a rainfed rice production system system in Tarlac, Central Luzon, Philippines. Experimental Agriculture, 35:225–237.