Farmers' welfare, food production and the environment: A model-based assessment of the effects of new technologies in the Northern Philippines

NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 345-373

  Laborte, A G ^a,b   Schipper, R A ^b   Van Ittersum, M K ^b   Van Den Berg, M M ^b   Van Keulen, H ^b   Prins, A G ^b   Hossain, M ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Farm household modeling; Hybrid rice; IPM; Nutrient management; Philippines; Rice based cropping systems

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FARMERS ATTITUDE; FOOD POLICY; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; PRICING POLICY; PROFITABILITY; RICE; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; ILOCOS; ILOCOS NORTE; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 70350433695     PISSN: 15735214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1573-5214(09)80004-3     Document Type: Article

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