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esiduals (Table 12). Ultimately, <strong>the</strong> income shares of farmers were 93% of <strong>the</strong><br />
value added for adopters and 90% for nonadopters. The farm income of adopters is<br />
slightly less in absolute terms, although it is slightly more in terms of <strong>the</strong> proportion<br />
of value added.<br />
Tflird-season vegetable. Of <strong>the</strong> total value added in vegetable production,<br />
proportional income earned by hired laborers, capital owner, land owner, and family<br />
and exchanged labor were lower for adopters than nonadopters (Table 13). This led<br />
to higher percentages of income as a resldual(58%), and ultimately, a higher<br />
income share by <strong>the</strong> adopter farmers. In <strong>the</strong> production of vegetables, 90% of <strong>the</strong><br />
income generated by adopters and 78% of <strong>the</strong> income of nonadopters accrued as<br />
personal income and only a small percentage was paid out. In absolute terms, <strong>the</strong><br />
Inconies accrued to various factor owners connected to <strong>the</strong> adopters were higher<br />
because <strong>the</strong> value added for <strong>the</strong> same group is higher.<br />
Annual three-crop cycle. The values added in <strong>the</strong> three-crop annual cycles<br />
were very close in <strong>the</strong> two groups, with adopters having an additional SLR7,777/ha<br />
(Table 14). This resulted from a cancellation of <strong>the</strong> positive gains in rice and<br />
vegetable production by <strong>the</strong> negative gains in potato production. Only about 1-2%<br />
of <strong>the</strong> value added went to <strong>the</strong> capital owners and 15% went to tlie land owners<br />
from each group of farmers. Income from adopters to hired labor was 7% of value<br />
added; whereas, family and exchange labor captured 12%. For nonadopters, 11%<br />
went to hired Iabor and 8% to family and exchange labor. Except for proportions<br />
accrued to tlie farm family as payments for family labor, <strong>the</strong>re are no o<strong>the</strong>r salient<br />
differences in distributions of personal income. Residuals that remained with <strong>the</strong><br />
farmers amounted to 42% for adopters and 41% for nonadopters. Ultimately,<br />
adopters cry-ned a slightly higher percentage of value added (89%) as <strong>the</strong>ir personal<br />
income froni <strong>the</strong> production of crops within a l-yr period. Nonadopters earned only<br />
83 %.<br />
The income of adopters froni rice production improved slightly as n result of<br />
adopting tlie technology, but <strong>the</strong> effect was nullified by greater disadvantages to <strong>the</strong><br />
potato crop under <strong>the</strong> new farming system. The third crop of vegetables performed<br />
well under <strong>the</strong> new system and managed to equalize (in fact exceed nonadopters by<br />
a small margin) factor incon~es and personal incomes, with a slight reallocation of<br />
<strong>the</strong> cost of labor in hvor of farmers.<br />
\Velf;tre measures o<strong>the</strong>r than income<br />
Elidowl?tent of fan71 ar.rcts. Changes in personal income can cause changes in tlie<br />
endowment of farm and household assets. Table IS indicates that <strong>the</strong>re were no<br />
consistent differences in farm assets owned by <strong>the</strong> two groups of farmers. None of<br />
<strong>the</strong> adopters owned two-wheeler tractors, but one of 18 nonadopters owned a two-<br />
wheeler. Although 65 niammoties were owned by 19 adopters, only 13 were owned<br />
by l8 nonadopters within <strong>the</strong> year under study. Milking cows were owned by 13<br />
adopters, but only by 6 nonadopters. Storage boxes were owned by eight adopters<br />
and by three nonadopters.