I. Introduction The most important food crop in the Philippines is rice, a staple food in most of the country. It is produced all throughout Luzon, the Western Visayas, Southern Mindanao, and Central Mindanao. 9.5 billion tons of palay were produced in 1989 almost. In 1990 palay, which caused a 27 percent value added in agriculture and 3.5 percent of GNP. Per hectare yields have generally been low in comparison with other Asian countries. Since the mid-1960s, however, yields have increased substantially as a result of the cultivation of high-yielding varieties developed in the mid-1960s at the International Rice Research Institute located in the Philippines. The proportion of "miracle" rice in total output rose from zero in 1965-66 …show more content…
Summary of Findings After processing the gathered data into information, through the regression analysis, AREA, RAIN, TECH, and PROD, gave off the following estimated regression equation and other regression results: PROD = -282911 + 2.959577AREA – 14.77746RAIN + 37848.18TECH The equation states that at every 1hectar increase in Area, there would be a 2.959577 metric ton increase in rice production. Ceteris paribus. It also
In Malaysia, agriculture remains an important sector and it plays role as food providers, create employments and generate earnings from export products. The development of the agricultural sector is generally governed by a comprehensive and market driven agricultural policies. The agricultural policies were formulated and have enabled the agricultural sector to grow sustainably and also contributed to economy development in Malaysia. The agricultural policy set the direction for the agricultural sector. As a result, this sector has been transformed from a conventional and passive sector that focused on single commodity to a dynamic, diversified and modern sector.
The cultivation of rice has had an enormous impact on the natural biome. Rice has affected the natural biome that it is grown in, in a devastating way. It has caused the natural biomes to deteriorate and caused the natural way of life to collapse leaving no place for the native animals and plants. But what would happen if the cultivation of rice stopped and the natural biomes returned to their former glory? What would happen to all those people depending on rice for the next meal? Those who depend on rice to pay for and keep their families alive? This report looks at the where, effects, who and how of rice cultivation.
The first reason of why agriculture is a better way of life, is because according to document 1 farmers were less violent. Hunters and gatherers on the other hand were in constant state of tribal warfare. This resulted in 25-30% of adult males dying from homicide. Warfare was necessary to keep population density low. This was due to the fact that a certain place only had so much food to support one person. Farmers on the other hand could use a small piece of land and plant crops that could support many people. They do not have to fight over food therefore less war and violence.
The data set given is the information collected from the existing 250 stores consists in 33 variables, some of them qualitative and some of them quantitative.
In the late 19th century, many factors affected agriculture in the United States as small farms transitioned to large farms. Technology, government policy, and economic conditions greatly influenced the way agriculture functioned in America. Farmers were exposed to advanced agricultural machinery and suffered from poor economic conditions due to a lack of government intervention. As production of crops increased thanks to the advancements in agriculture and processing, the prices of food dropped, leading to the eventual downfall of American farmers. In addition, the government was rooting for the success of the national economy, even if that meant choosing to neglect the struggling farmers and workers that made that success possible.
4) Use exponential regression (or find a constant ratio) to determine an equation for the data.
Because of the method of monthly data collection, absolute randomness could not be obtained; however, it was decided that 5 iterations was sufficient because the sixth iteration showed a decrease in the quality of the residual plots. The first test performed was the p-value test of the individual variables. A p-value is the probability, ranging from 0 to 1, of obtaining a test statistic similar to the one that was actually observed. The only input that did not have a p-value less than 0.05, which was the chosen significance level, was the “Number of Walmarts” variable; the number of Walmarts has no specific effect on the output, property crime rate. The R2 of the analysis, or the coefficient of determination, provides a measure of how well future outcomes are likely to be predicted by the model. R2 values range from 0 to 100% (or 0 and 1) and the
Table 6.1.1 displays the matlab output of beta, standard error, t-statistic and p-value for the two independent variables during 10-year period. It is found that beta of X1 is 0.2750 which indicates there is a positive relationship between the utilities excess return and the healthcare excess return. This positive relationship is statistically significant as the p-value is close to 0 which is much less than the significance level of 5%. In addition, the standard error of X1 is 0.0300 which represents the average distance that the observed values fall from the regression line. This indicates that the model fits the data. In contrast, it is found that the material excess return is negatively
Traditionally, rice is harvest in a big group of your family in later months of summer each year. In August people would move to rice camps for harvesting of rice. Once rice would ripen most of their energy was then focused on harvesting. According to Harvesting and Processing in Canada, harvesting wild rice is also called knocking the rice where they would use canoes that are said to be the best watercraft to use because of their shape and smoothness, which causes the least amount harm to the rice plants. The only tools the Dakotas and Ojibwa need were to move the canoe through the plants and ricing sticks. They would use the canoe paddles to get to the wild rice beds, also the long poles were used to move through the rice beds. Every harvester
Later new rice varieties were developed in the Philippines, most famously the IR-8 variety which is famous for increasing yields six fold in its first harvest. Since then further improvements have decreased the growing season required, allowing for extra rice craps to be grown, and made strains tolerant to a less than optimum
In 1990, the rice is grown around 520 million tons in 112 countries and 95 percent of them were produced and consumed in Asia (Chang). The rice in Asian culture is not just cereal, but it’s part of their lives. It serves their meal almost everyday on their dining table. Oryza sativa is a species of monocot plants and known as Asian rice. The grain was spread started from South Asia to Southeast Asia and East Asia.
"Golden Rice" has been developed by scientists to combat vitamin A deficiency, which affects millions of children in the developing worlds. However, as a precautionary means, the crop was offered to the authorities for a safety evaluation which was interrupted when a group of around 400 protestors attacked the field trial in the Bicol region and uprooted all the GM plants. The project, initially started 20 years ago by German researchers with funding from the Rockefeller Foundation, relied on modifying the rice through the addition of additional genes that produce beta-carotene, which is converted into vitamin A in the digestive process. Vitamin A deficiency is a significant problem in developing countries, which is why golden rice provides such an attractive solution to prevent unnecessary defects and death, especially among younger populations. Yet, farmers from the Philippines are avidly rejecting this crop option because of fears of damage it may cause, while also arguing that they have other solutions for the Vitamin A deficiency problem. However, the “Allow Golden Rice Now!” campaign is led by Dr. Patrick Moore, and aims to convince government officials and the Filipino people to accept Golden Rice as a nutritional and needed addition to their daily diet, with an emphasis on GM rice serving as a much needed golden bullet.
Production and Productivity Trends Labor productivity. Up until the 1970s, the Philippines’ agricultural performance, in terms of both agricultural Gross Value Added (GVA) and agricultural exports, compared well with its neighbors and other Asian countries (Figure 3a). But by the 1980s and 1990s, the country had lagged behind most of the countries in the region (Figures 3b and 3c). This came as agricultural output growth had slowed down dramatically through the decades (Figure 4). Moreover, the sector’s growth had been rather erratic in the 1990s, especially with the periodic occurrence of the El Niño phenomenon that had appreciable impact on weather patterns and, consequently, agricultural performance. Table 1 shows the average annual growth in GVA of major agricultural commodities since 1960. What is clear from the table is that growth rates of all commodities, except for livestock and poultry, have been slowing down over time. Furthermore, growth rates have been below the population growth rate, implying that production has not been able to keep up with increasing population. Erratic and decelerating growth over the past two decades is a major concern, as agriculture continues to employ a large
Run the regression Report your answer in the format of equation 5.8 (Chapter 5, p. 152) in the textbook including and the standard error of the regression (SER). Interpret the estimated slope parameter for LOT. In the interpretation, please note that PRICE is measured in thousands of dollars and LOT is measured in acres.
The Filipino Government implemented the International Rice Research Institute to assist the country in becoming self sufficient. This institute attempts to persuade farmers