ricephil {sfaR}

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).

Source

Supplementary files for Coelli et al. (2005), http://www.uq.edu.au/economics/cepa/crob2005/software/CROB2005.zip.

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.

Examples

str(ricephil)
summary(ricephil)