The Thailand rice economy under the government rice-pledging scheme: the Case of Suphanburi

"This paper describes the status of rice production in intensively cultivated, irrigated areas of SuphanBuri, Thailand, under the government’s rice-pledging scheme. Production practices, input use, yield, and partial factor productivity were evaluated and compared with previous findings of the 1999 project ""Reversing the Trends in Declining Productivity"". Cost of production and profitability during the rice-pledging scheme were documented and evaluated."