The comparative advantage of rice production in the Philippines, 1966-99
2002
Estudillo, J.P. | Fujimura, M. | Hossain, M.
This study aims to assess the comparative advantage of rice production in the Philippines since 1966. We have found that the country gained a sharp improvement in the comprative advantage of rice production in 1979, when yield rose markedly because of the diffusion of pest - and disease-resistant modern rice varieties. Beginning in 1986, however, the country appears to have slowly lost its comparative advantage because of the decline in rice prices, stagnation in rice yield, and rising cost of domestic factors such as land and labor. By 1990, the country completely lost its comparative advantage in rice production.
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