Factor Demands in the Second-Generation Green Revolution: A Bangladesh Case Study

S.M. Fakhrul Islam and A.S.M. Nazrul Islam
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S.M. Fakhrul Islam: Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Salna, Gazipur
A.S.M. Nazrul Islam: Senior Scientific Officer, Agricultural Economics Division, Bangladesh Rice Research Institute, Gazipur, Banglades

Bangladesh Development Studies, 2002, vol. 28, issue 3, 37-54

Abstract: The present study analyzes factors demand for modern rice technology adoption in Second-Generation Green Revolution. A considerable progress in development and adoption of modern rice technology was observed in the country due to advent of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation rice cultivation. Only seed and fertilizers were found to have elastic demand. The price elasticities of land, labor and insecticides had positive coefficient. This could be due to scarcity of land and rational use of these inputs as marginal productivity of these inputs would be higher than their marginal costs. The complementary relationships of land- fertilizer, animal- seed-labor and fertilizer -insecticide pairs characterize the intensive inputs use in the third- generation modern rice technology. Considerable higher degree of substitutions was observed for animal-labor and land-labor pairs which indicate that modern rice technology in Second-Generation Green Revolution could be labor intensive for the small farm holders

Keywords: Rice; Elasticity of demand; Fertilizers; Green revolution; Insecticides; Agricultural land; Sustainable agriculture Price elasticity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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