Evaluating the effects of domestic policies and external factors on the price competitiveness of Indonesian crops: cassava, soybean, corn, and sugarcane

Romeo M. Bautista, Bahri Sjaiful Hermanto, Nu Nu. San and Dewa. Swastika

No 18, TMD discussion papers from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: This paper presents a framework for analyzing the contributions of government policies and exogenous (mostly, external) factors to the observed changes in the relative price of a tradable agricultural product. A decomposition analysis is undertaken on the changes in price competitivness of four major nonrice crops in Indonesia between subperiods during 19870-1994. An important conclusion is that, after the attainment of rice self-sufficiency, Indonesian policies have not promoted crop diversification on a "level playing field."

Keywords: Price regulation Indonesia.; Cassava Indonesia.; Corn Prices.; Crop diversification Indonesia.; Sugarcane industry.; Soybean industry. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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