Breaking yields in rice production: high yields or high profits?. [abstract]
Resumen:
Abstract.Uruguay is the most export-oriented rice producing country in the world. The annual production rounds 1.4 million metric tons (TMT), more than 96% of which is exported globally. This article shows the results of the cost-benefit analysis performed on different technology alternatives defined for six different locations in the East of Uruguay, which is the in the traditional rice-producing region. Uruguay plants annually about 170 thousand hectares of rice. Sixty-percent of this area is located in the East part of the country. With the objective of defining the best-improved alternative for each of the six locations, an experiment was run for three consecutive years starting with 18 alternatives, three per location.
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RICE ECONOMIC Production Costs Technology UNIDAD ECONOMIA APLICADA - INIA ARROZ COSTOS DE PRODUCION |
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| Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria | |
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| http://www.ainfo.inia.uy/consulta/busca?b=pc&id=61841&biblioteca=vazio&busca=61841&qFacets=61841 | |
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| Sumario: | Abstract.Uruguay is the most export-oriented rice producing country in the world. The annual production rounds 1.4 million metric tons (TMT), more than 96% of which is exported globally. This article shows the results of the cost-benefit analysis performed on different technology alternatives defined for six different locations in the East of Uruguay, which is the in the traditional rice-producing region. Uruguay plants annually about 170 thousand hectares of rice. Sixty-percent of this area is located in the East part of the country. With the objective of defining the best-improved alternative for each of the six locations, an experiment was run for three consecutive years starting with 18 alternatives, three per location. |
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