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The System of Rice Intensification and its Impacts on Household Income and Child Schooling: Evidence from Rural Indonesia
Author(s) -
Takahashi Kazushi,
Barrett Christopher B.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.1093/ajae/aat086
Subject(s) - system of rice intensification , yield (engineering) , agriculture , household income , economics , agricultural economics , socioeconomics , geography , materials science , archaeology , metallurgy
The yield potential of a set of improved rice management practices, known as the System of Rice Intensification (SRI), has attracted much attention. Yet we know surprisingly little about SRI's socio‐economic impact. Using data from Indonesia in 2009, this study assesses the impact of SRI on household incomes and child schooling. We find that SRI generates significant estimated yield gains. However, because SRI induces a reallocation of family labor from non‐farm to farm, SRI users enjoy no household income gains. Despite the increased labor demand for farming, we find no evidence that SRI has a child labor effect.
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