Biological technology and agricultural policy: an assessment of azolla in Philippine rice production

cg.coverage.countryPhilippinesen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2PHen_US
cg.coverage.regionSouth-eastern Asiaen_US
cg.coverage.regionAsiaen_US
cg.creator.identifierMark Rosegrant: 0000-0001-6371-6127en_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.2307/1241811en_US
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Archiveen_US
cg.issn0002-9092en_US
cg.issue4en_US
cg.journalAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economicsen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.volume67en_US
dc.contributor.authorRosegrant, Mark W.en_US
dc.contributor.authorRoumasset, James A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBalisacan, Arsenio, M.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-29T12:56:59Zen_US
dc.date.available2025-01-29T12:56:59Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/170455en_US
dc.titleBiological technology and agricultural policy: an assessment of azolla in Philippine rice productionen_US
dcterms.abstractConcerns about external debt and energy security have motivated several developing countries to develop biological technologies to substitute for petrochemical inputs. This paper examines the economic feasibility of azolla as a source of nitrogen in Philippine rice production. Green manuring with azolla is found not to be cost effective. Substantial savings from intercropping with azolla can be realized only if the cost of nitrogen from azolla is compared with the price of nitrogen from ammonium sulfate, but not if urea is used as the basis of comparison. Farmers would benefit more from liberalization of import controls on urea. Additional research is needed to develop appropriate chemical‐saving systems before investing heavily in extension.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Accessen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationRosegrant, Mark W.; Roumasset, James A.; Balisacan, Arsenio, M. 1985. Biological technology and agricultural policy: an assessment of azolla in Philippine rice production. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 67(4): 726-732. https://doi.org/10.2307/1241811en_US
dcterms.extentpp. 726-732en_US
dcterms.issued1985-11en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserveden_US
dcterms.publisherWileyen_US
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/2182en_US
dcterms.subjectfertilizersen_US
dcterms.subjectriceen_US
dcterms.subjectbiotechnologyen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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