The social rentability of government agricultural researh on basic grains: the Guatemala maize case, 1973- 90.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15517/am.v8i2.24652Abstract
In this paper we evaluate the social rentability of maize agricultural research conducted at the Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology (ICTA), from 1973-90. We used an econometric model ofthe national maize market in Guatemala. As social benefits we take into account the increases in the surpluses ofproducers and the savings obtained by notimporting maize. In the evaluation we obtained a B/C relationship of 6.06 and a TIR of 96.95%, which indicate that maize agronomic research has proved to be a highly profitable activity for this society.
Downloads
References
CHINN, D.L. 1976. The marketed surplus of a subsistence crop: Paddy Rice in Taiwan. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 58(3):583-587.
EVENSON, R. 1967. The contribution of agricultural research to production. Journal of Faryn Economics 49: 1415-1425.
EVENSON, R. 1978. "The organization of research to improve crops and animals in low-income countries". In: T.W. Schultz (ed) Distortions of agricultural Incentives. Bloomington, Indiana University Press. pp. 223-245.
EVENSON, R. E.; P. M. FLORES. 1978. "Social returns to rice research" in economic consequences of the New Rice Technologies, Los Baños, Filipinas, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). p. 243-265.
GlTTINGER, 1. P. 1987. Análisis económico de proyectos agrícolas. 2da. Reimpresión de la 2da. ed. Traducción del inglés de C. Saavedra Arce. Madrid, Tecnos.
GRILICHES, Z. 1964. Research expenditures, education, and the aggregate agricultural production Function. American Economic Review 45:419-428.
GUJARATI, D. 1982. Econometría básica. Traducción del inglés de J.M. Mesa. México, Libros McGrawHill.
JOHNSTON, J. 1979. Métodos de econometría. 2da. Reedición. Traducción del inglés de J.M. Otero Moreno. Barcelona, Vicens-Vives.
MARTINEZ, 1. C. y G. SAIN. 1983. The economic returns to institutional innovations in national agricultural research: On-FarmResearch in IDIAP Panamá. CIMMYTEconomics Program Working Paper 04/83. México, Centro Internacional de Mejoramietno de Maíz y Trigo (CIMMYT).
NORTON, G. W; J. S. DAVIS. 1981. Evaluating returns to agricultural research: A review. American Journal of Agricutural Economics 63(4):685-699.
REYES H, M. 1995. Factores que han contribuido al sostenimiento de la autosuficiencia de maíz en Guatemala, 1975-90: Un análisis econométrico. Publicación Miscelánea 29. Guatemala, ICTA.
SAIN, G.; R. MATUTE. 1993. "Cambio tecnológico e investigación en fincas en el Departamento de Atlántida, Honduras". In: Síntesis de resultados experimentales del PRM, Volumen 4. Guatemala, Programa Regional de Maíz de Centroamérica y el Caribe-CIMMYT. p. 198-211.
SCOBIE, G. M.; R. POSADA. 1976. The impact of high-yielding rice varieties in Latin America with special emphasis on Colombia. A preliminary repart. Cali, Colombia, CIAT.
TOQUERO, Z.; B. DUFF; T. ANDEN-LACSINA; Y. HAYAMI. 1975. Marketable surplus functions for a subsistence crop: Rice in the Philippines. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 57(4):705-709.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
1. Proposed policy for open access journals
Authors who publish in this journal accept the following conditions:
a. Authors retain the copyright and assign to the journal the right to the first publication, with the work registered under the attribution, non-commercial and no-derivative license from Creative Commons, which allows third parties to use what has been published as long as they mention the authorship of the work and upon first publication in this journal, the work may not be used for commercial purposes and the publications may not be used to remix, transform or create another work.
b. Authors may enter into additional independent contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the version of the article published in this journal (e.g., including it in an institutional repository or publishing it in a book) provided that they clearly indicate that the work was first published in this journal.
c. Authors are permitted and encouraged to publish their work on the Internet (e.g. on institutional or personal pages) before and during the review and publication process, as it may lead to productive exchanges and faster and wider dissemination of published work (see The Effect of Open Access).
