Growth and instability in the major crops sector of East Asian countries

Bibliographic Data

ID5042978
AuthorsMohammad Pervez Wasim (University of Karachi), Qazi Mohammad Tausif Akhtar (University of Balochistan), Amjad Ali (0000-0002-5840-8848, University of Balochistan), Shaukat Ali (0000-0003-2481-1978, University of Balochistan)
Year2005
Volume35
Issue2
Pages207-248
Publication date2005-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Contemporary Asia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-2336 • E-ISSN: 1752-7554
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00472330580000141
OpenAlexW2028659408
LanguageEN
References cited18

The study analyzed the growth and instability/variability in five major crops areas, production and yield for two different periods of East Asian countries to clearly bring out the trends in the more recent period. Period I (1976–77 to 1988–89) and Period II (1989–90 to 2001–2002) for Japan, China and South Korea. Due to data limitation in North Korea, Period I is from 1983–84 to 1991–92 and Period II is from 1992–93 to 2001–2002. The study reveals that the high production growth rate of potatoes in China and South Korea was mainly due to favorable price incentives, expanded irrigation system, HYVs and rising level of chemical fertilizer application in Period II. The instability in the production of potatoes also declined. In North Korea, the production growth rate of potatoes increased in Period II but at the same time its instability also increased. In Japan, the production growth rate became negative in Period II. The study also concluded that the decline in the production growth rate of rice, wheat, soybeans, barley and maize in the East Asian countries were mainly due to unfavorable prices of these crops. The study also confirmed that in the majority of the crops of East Asian countries, instability in yield was lower than instability in production in Periods I and II, which indicated the importance of area instability. The study also concluded that changes in production growth which caused instability could be due to a number of factors which include erratic availability of irrigation water, behavior of prices of competing crops and timely availability of agricultural inputs

Agricultural economics · China · East Asia · Economics · Geography · Yield (engineering · Agricultural Economics and Practices · Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement

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