Abstract
A farm survey was carried out in 1992 among 138 individual farm households located in seven provinces in Thailand to provide a detailed input-output characterization of mung bean [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek] growing in Thailand, to analyse its profitability, to investigate the major constraints, and to assess the adoption of modern mung bean varieties. The survey data were analysed for dry season lowland and wet season upland mung bean growers, separately and as a whole. The results indicated that, despite large differences between individual growers, the average net income per unit area of mung bean was at least as high as that of alternative crops. However, returns to labour earned from mung bean substantially exceeded those from other crops. Wet season mung bean cultivation tended to be considerably more profitable than dry season mung bean production, mainly due to higher yields. Adoption of modern mung bean varieties has been rapid with currently over 90% of the total mung bean area under varieties developed with parent material from the Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center. Podborer infestation was by far the most serious factor reducing yield in mung bean in Thailand. Drought stress in the lowlands was the second most important. The supportive role of government policies in increasing the adoption of improved mung bean technologies, as well as the importance of close collaboration among farmers, extension services, researchers, and traders are highlighted. Several suggestions are offered for further improvements in mung bean productivity in Thailand.
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Claim · model-written summary
Mean net income per area of mung bean was at least as high as that of alternative crops.
- Taxon
- mung bean
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Vigna radiatae0 - Outcome
- average net income per unit areae0
- Direction
- at least as high ase0
- Comparator
- alternative cropse0
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Verbatim
e0“average net income per unit area of mung bean was at least as high as that of alternative crops”
Claim · model-written summary
Returns to labour from mung bean substantially exceeded those from other crops.
- Taxon
- mung beanVigna radiatae0
- Outcome
- returns to laboure0
- Direction
- substantially exceedede0
- Comparator
- other cropse0
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Verbatim
e0“returns to labour earned from mung bean substantially exceeded those from other crops”
Claim · model-written summary
Wet season mung bean cultivation tended to be more profitable than dry season production.
- Taxon
- mung beanVigna radiatae0
- Outcome
- profitablee0
- Direction
- more profitablee0
- Qualifier
- tended to bee0
- Comparator
- dry season mung bean productione0
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Verbatim
e0“Wet season mung bean cultivation tended to be considerably more profitable than dry season mung bean production”
Claim · model-written summary
Higher yields largely explained the greater profitability of wet season cultivation.
- Taxon
- mungbeanVigna radiatat0
- Outcome
- higher yieldse0
- Qualifier
- mainly due to higher yieldse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“mungbean”
e0“mainly due to higher yields”
Claim · model-written summary
Modern varieties occupied over 90% of total mung bean area.
- Taxon
- mung beanVigna radiatae0
- Outcome
- total mung bean area under varieties developed with parent material from the Asian Vegetable Research and Development Centere0
- Value
- over 90%e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“over 90% of the total mung bean area under varieties developed with parent material from the Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center”
Claim · model-written summary
Podborer infestation was the most serious yield-reducing factor for mung bean in Thailand.
- Taxon
- mung beanVigna radiatae0
- Interactor
- Podborere0pest
- Outcome
- reducing yielde0
- Direction
- reducinge0
- Setting
- Thailande0
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Verbatim
e0“Podborer infestation was by far the most serious factor reducing yield in mung bean in Thailand”
Claim · model-written summary
Lowland drought stress was the second most important constraint on mung bean yield.
- Taxon
- mungbeanVigna radiatat0
- Outcome
- Drought stresse0
- Qualifier
- second most importante0
- Setting
- lowlandse0
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Verbatim
t0“mungbean”
e0“Drought stress in the lowlands was the second most important”