Impacts of storms and typhoons on rice production in the Philippines
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2013-10
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This study estimates the impact of storms and typhoons on paddy rice productivity and on the net incomes of rice farmer. This study uses fixed-effects regression to estimate and determine the
magnitude and directional of the impact of storm and typhoons on paddy rice productivity utilizing the cost and returns matrices of the Rice-Based Farm Household Survey (RBFHS) and
typhoon data from the unpublished records of PAGASA. It has been found that: (1) there is no conclusive evidence that the number of storms and typhoons exhibit a significant impact on rice
productivity and farmer incomes, (2) the intensity of a storm exhibit lagged effects and leads to a positive significant impact on rice productivity and farmer incomes in later periods, and (3) the
intensity of a storm and typhoons has an immediate negative impact on paddy rice productivity and rice farmer incomes.
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Rice production, Calamity, Typhoons, Rice productivity