Public Incentives, Private Investment, and Outlooks for Hybrid Rice in Bangladesh and India

David Spielman, Patrick Ward (), Deepthi Kolady and Harun Ar-Rashid

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2017, vol. 39, issue 1, 154-176

Abstract: The governments of Bangladesh and India have set impressive targets to expand hybrid rice cultivation as part of their national food security strategies for the next decade. Although hybrid rice offers significant yield improvements over varietal rice, adoption by farmers remains low and unstable. This paper analyzes the technical challenges, market opportunities, and policy constraints associated with hybrid rice in both countries. It argues that while many of the technical constraints can be addressed through continued investment in breeding, significant challenges remain relating to product development, marketing, and economic policy. Solutions require new insight into relationships between industry structure, business strategies, and public policy incentives.

Keywords: Hybrid rice; agricultural research and development; technological change; innovation; India; Bangladesh (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O31 O33 Q16 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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