Alavi, Hamid R.Htenas, AiraKopicki, RonShepherd, Andrew W.Clarete, Ramon2012-03-192012-03-192012978-0-8213-8626-2https://hdl.handle.net/10986/2384This book challenges policy makers who oversee the rice sector in Southeast Asia to reexamine deep-rooted precepts about their responsibilities. As an essential first step, it calls on them to redefine food security. Fixating on national self-sufficiency has been costly and counterproductive. In its stead, coordination and cooperation can both improve rice production at home and structure expanding regional trade. To enhance regional food security through quantitative and qualitative gains in rice production, policy makers cannot solely rely on government programs. They need to also enlist private investors both as entrepreneurs and as partners who can bring capital, energy, modern technology, and experienced management into sustained efforts to reduce losses and heighten efficiency in supply chains. For such investors and participants to enter vigorously into the rice sector from which they have long held back, they will need a number of incentives, among them a confidence that the regional market for rice will evolve toward a structured, liberalized market shielded from the unilateral government interventions that have distorted it in the past and continue to do so in the present. The study's findings make it clear that current rice sector policies are not achieving their desired goals. Its examination of the 2007-08 food crises found, in fact, that government policies and panicky responses were the primary factors behind soaring (and later diminishing) rice prices. Those policies vary, but they share a common premise: food security depends, first of all, on self-sufficiency in rice. That premise has driven government intervention for decades, and unpredictable government intervention, in turn, has been a significant factor in making the rice sector too risky to attract significant private investment. The transition that this study urges will be difficult and, of necessity, slow to gain momentum. Nevertheless, it is already beginning. The members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are working to liberalize trade in the region. The study is, in fact, intended to assist in implementing policy objectives outlined in the ASEAN Integrated Food Security (AIFS) framework and in the strategic plan of action on food security in the ASEAN Region 2009-2013, in which the heads of member states pledged to embrace food security as a matter of permanent and high priority.CC BY 3.0 IGOADVERSE CONSEQUENCEADVERSE EFFECTSAGGREGATE DEMANDAGRIBUSINESSAGRICULTURAL COMMODITYAGRICULTURAL COMMODITY PRICESAGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVESAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTAGRICULTURAL INPUTSAGRICULTURAL MARKETSAGRICULTURAL POLICIESAGRICULTURAL PRACTICESAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTSAGRICULTURAL SERVICESAGRICULTUREANIMAL FEEDANIMAL PRODUCTSAQUACULTUREBANK LOANSBEEFCASSAVACEREAL PRICESCEREALSCERTIFICATION STANDARDSCIMMYTCOMMERCIAL FARMINGCOMMODITYCOMMODITY PRICESCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECOMPETITIVE ADVANTAGECOMPETITIVENESSCONSUMER PRICESCONSUMERSCONTRACT FARMINGCONTRACT FARMING ARRANGEMENTSCONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTSCORNCROPCROP PRODUCTIONCROP YIELDSCROPSDAIRYDOMESTIC MARKETDOMESTIC MARKET PRICESDOMESTIC MARKETSE-COMMERCEECONOMIC LIFEECONOMIC RENTSECONOMIC RESEARCHECONOMIES OF SCALEENERGY PRICESEXCHANGE RATESEXPENDITUREEXPENDITURESEXPORT MARKETEXPORTSFAMINEFAOFARMFARMERFARMER ORGANIZATIONSFARMERSFARMINGFARMING HOUSEHOLDSFARMSFERTILIZERFERTILIZER PRICESFOOD AVAILABILITYFOOD CHAINFOOD CRISISFOOD DISTRIBUTIONFOOD EMERGENCYFOOD GRAINSFOOD POLICYFOOD POLICY RESEARCHFOOD PRICE STABILITYFOOD PRICESFOOD PRODUCTIONFOOD PRODUCTSFOOD SAFETYFOOD SECURITYFOOD STAPLESFOOD SUPPLIESFOOD SUPPLYFOOD TRADEFOODSFOREIGN COMPETITIONFREE TRADEGDPGOVERNMENT EXPENDITURESGRAINGRAIN PRICESGRAINSGREEN REVOLUTIONGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTHARVESTINGHARVESTSHYBRID SEEDHYBRID SEEDSIFPRIINEFFICIENCYINFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTSINNOVATIONINTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTEINTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTERINTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTEINTERNATIONAL TRADEINVENTORIESINVENTORYIRRILAMBLAND USELARGE MILLSLIVELIHOODSLOCAL MILLERSMAIZEMAIZE IMPORTSMAIZE MARKETMAIZE PRICESMAIZE PRODUCTIONMAIZE RESEARCHMAIZE SECTORMAIZE SUPPLYMARKET ACCESSMARKET CONDITIONSMARKET DEVELOPMENTMARKET PERFORMANCEMEATMERCHANDISEMERCHANDISINGMILLERSMILLING EQUIPMENTMILLING INDUSTRYMILLING SECTORMILLSMONOPOLIESMONOPOLYNATIONAL FOOD SECURITYOILS AND FATSOPPORTUNITY COSTPADDYPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPORKPOULTRYPRICE INDEXPRICE INDEXESPRICE SETTINGPRICE STABILITYPRICE STABILIZATIONPRICE SUPPORTSPRICE VOLATILITYPRIVATE MILLSPRODUCEPRODUCT QUALITYPRODUCTION COSTSPRODUCTION OF RICEPROFIT MAXIMIZATIONREGIONAL MARKETSREGULATORY SYSTEMSRETAILRETAILINGRICERICE MARKETINGRICE MILLINGRICE PRICERICE PRICESRICE PROCUREMENTRICE PRODUCTIONRICE RESEARCHRICE TRADERUBBERSALESALESSEEDSEEDSSIDE EFFECTSSMALL MILLERSSMALL-SCALE FARMERSSOYBEANSPREADSTATISTICAL ANALYSISSTOCKSSUGARSUPERMARKETSUPERMARKETSSUPPLIERSSUPPLY CHAINSUPPLY CHAINSTAX EXPENDITURESTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETRADE POLICYTRADE REFORMSWAREHOUSEWAREHOUSESWHEATWHITE MAIZEWHOLESALERSWORLD MARKETWORLD MARKETSWORLD TRADE ORGANIZATIONWTOYELLOW MAIZEYIELDSWorld Bank10.1596/978-0-8213-8626-2