Cover -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Foreword -- The Authors -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Executive Summary -- Rapid but Differentiated Transformation -- Catalytic Roles of Government -- Food Security and Growth Strategy for Asia -- Part A: Food Value Chains -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- The Context: The Debate over the Causes of the Recent Rice Crisis -- Purpose and Themes -- Sector and Area Focus and Research Questions -- The Structure-Conduct-Performance Paradigm -- Structure of the Book -- References -- Chapter 2: Sector Overview, Study Areas, and Sampling Framework -- Rice in Bangladesh, the People's Republic of China, and India -- Potatoes in Bangladesh, the People's Republic of China, and India -- Study Areas, Survey Methods, and Sampling Framework -- Appendix: Details of the Sampling Framework -- References -- Part B: Rice Value Chain -- Chapter 3: Upstream-Rice Farm Transformation -- Structure of the Rice Farm Segment -- Conduct of the Rice Farm Segment -- Performance of the Rice Farm Segment -- Conclusions Regarding the Rice Farm Segment -- References -- Chapter 4: Midstream-Transformation of the Rice Mill and Trader Segments -- Structure, Conduct, and Performance of Rice Mills -- Structure, Conduct, and Performance of Rice Traders -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 5: Downstream-Rice Retail Transformation -- Structure of Rice Retail -- Conduct of Rice Retail -- Performance of Traditional Rice Retail -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6: Performance of the Rice Value Chain-Rewards, Costs, and Margins -- Costs, Rewards, and Overall Margins in the Rice Value Chain -- Cost Items in the Rice Value Chain -- Rice Markets -- Conclusions -- References -- Part C: Potato Value Chain -- Chapter 7: Upstream-Potato Farm Transformation -- Structure of the Potato Farm Segment -- Conduct of the Potato Farm Segment.

Performance of the Potato Farm Segment -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 8: Midstream-Transformation of the Potato Cold Storage and Trading Segments -- Structure of the Cold Storage Segment -- Conduct of the Potato Cold Storage Segment -- Performance of the Cold Storage Segment -- Structure of the Potato Trader Segment -- Conduct of the Potato Trader Segment -- Performance of the Potato Trader Segment -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 9: Downstream-Potato Retail Transformation -- Structure of Potato Retail -- Conduct of Potato Retail -- Performance of Traditional Potato Retail -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 10: Performance of the Potato Value Chain-Rewards, Costs, and Margins -- Costs, Rewards, and Overall Margins in the Potato Value Chain -- Potato Market Prices -- Conclusions -- References -- Part D: Conclusion -- Chapter 11: Summary and Policy Implications -- Structural Changes in the Rice and Potato Value Chains: Macro View -- Meso Perspective of the Transformation in Each Segment of the Value Chains -- Government Roles in Transforming Value Chains -- Strategies for Transforming the Agrifood Economy and for Food Security -- References -- Figures -- 4.1 Bangladesh Rice Mill Capacity Utilization -- 5.1 Number of Supermarket Stores in Dhaka -- 5.2 Start-up Years of Modern Retail in Delhi -- 5.3 Cumulative Density Functions of the Price of Rice at Traditional Retailers -- 6.1 Producer and Retail Price Variation of Rice in Bangladesh -- 6.2 Price Variation by Segment during the Survey in Bangladesh -- 6.3 Retail Prices of Rice during the Survey in Bangladesh -- 6.4 Wholesale and Retail Rice Prices in Delhi -- 6.5 Ratio of Wholesale to Final Rice Retail Price in Delhi -- 6.6 Nominal and Real Rice Retail Margins in Delhi -- 8.1 Share of Potatoes from Cold Storage Facilities in Dhaka's Potato Supply.

8.2 Share of Cold-Stored Potatoes in Delhi's Total -- 8.3 Monthly Potato Storage per Cold Storage Facility: Bangladesh -- 8.4 Monthly Potato Storage per Cold Storage Facility: Agra -- 9.1 Potato Price Variation in Beijing, Delhi, and Dhaka: Cumulative Density Functions of the Traditional Retail Price of Potato -- 10.1 Potato Prices in Dhaka -- 10.2 Price Variation in the Potato Value Chain from Agra to Delhi -- 10.3 Potato Wholesale and Retail Prices in Delhi -- 10.4 Ratio of Wholesale to Retail Potato Prices in Delhi -- 10.5 Real and Nominal Potato Retail Margins in Delhi -- Tables -- 3.1 Rice Farm Land: Distribution and Rental -- 3.2 Farm Size and Nonland Assets -- 3.3 Rice Farmers and Nonfarm Labor -- 3.4 Composition of Rice Farmers' Production Costs -- 3.5 Rice Farms' Access to Water -- 3.6 Farmers' Acquisition of Rice Seed -- 3.7 Shift to High-Yielding and Hybrid Varieties -- 3.8 Share of Farms Buying Chemical Fertilizers and Crop Chemicals -- 3.9 Rice Farmers' Marketed Surplus Rates -- 3.10 Composition of Rice Farmers' Clients -- 3.11 Composition of Rice Farmers' Sales to their Clients -- 3.12 Paddy Sales: Time and Location -- 3.13 Rice Farmers' Ownership and Use of Cellular Phones -- 3.14 Credit from and to Buyers -- 3.15 Rice Farm Productivity, Main Rice Season -- 3.16 Shift to Higher Quality Rice -- 3.17 Farmers' Production Cost -- 3.18 Farm Size and Paddy Prices -- 4.1 Structure of the Rice Mill Segment -- 4.2 Capacity Utilization Rate of Rice Mills by Season -- 4.3 Rice Mills' Procurement of Paddy -- 4.4 Rice Mills' Sales by Source and Mill Size -- 4.5 Rice Mills: Timing and Source of Payments -- 4.6 Rice Mills' Provision of Services Other than Credit -- 4.7 Rice Quality and Rice Mills -- 4.8 Average Annual Costs per Mill -- 4.9 Rice Mill Profit Rates and Internal Rates of Return.

4.10 Characteristics of Paddy and Rice Traders in Bangladesh and India -- 4.11 Characteristics of Rice Traders and Wholesalers in Beijing -- 4.12 Rice Traders' Seasonality -- 4.13 Rice and Paddy Traders' Sources -- 4.14 Rice and Paddy Traders' Sales Destinations -- 4.15 Rice and Paddy Traders and Credit -- 4.16 Rice and Paddy Traders' Provision of Other Services -- 4.17 Quality of Rice Traders' Supply -- 4.18 Traders' Yearly Operating Costs -- 4.19 Variable Costs of Rice and Paddy Wholesalers in the Last Transaction -- 4.20 Rice and Paddy Traders' Profits -- 5.1 Characteristics of Traditional Rice Retailers -- 5.2 Transactions of Traditional Rice Retailers -- 5.3 Labor and Capital per Traditional Rice Retailer -- 5.4 Sales of Leading Modern Retail Chains that Sell Food and Growth of Gross Domestic Product -- 5.5 Characteristics of Beijing Supermarket Chains that Sell Rice -- 5.6 Procurement by Traditional Rice Retailers: Source -- 5.7 Procurement by Traditional Rice Retailers: Time and Transport -- 5.8 Cellular Phone Use by Traditional Rice Retailers -- 5.9 Frequency that Traditional Retailers Bought from a Seller and Reasons for the Choice -- 5.10 Traditional Rice Retailers' Information on Quantity of Rice -- 5.11 Traditional Rice Retailers' Information on Quality of Rice -- 5.12 Traditional Rice Retailers' Credit with Suppliers and Customers -- 5.13 Traditional Rice Retailers' Home Delivery -- 5.14 Costs of Traditional Rice Retailers -- 5.15 Quality and Packaging in Traditional Rice Retail -- 5.16 Margins and Profits of Rice Retailers -- 5.17 Beijing Supermarket Chains' Rice Sales -- 5.18 Rice Quality in Traditional versus Modern Retailers in Bangladesh -- 5.19 Rice Price Comparisons between Traditional and Modern Retail in Bangladesh -- 5.20 Rice Price Difference between Traditional and Modern Retailers in Delhi.

5.21 Hedonic Price Regression Results: Rice in Delhi -- 5.22 Propensity Score Matching: Results Comparing Prices at Traditional and Modern Retailers in Delhi -- 5.23 Traditional Rice Retailers' Profit Rates -- 6.1 Shares of Rewards, Costs, and Total Margins in the Rice Value Chain from Noagoan District to Dhaka -- 6.2 Shares of Rewards, Costs, and Total Margins in the Rice Value Chain from Heilongjiang to Beijing -- 6.3 Shares of Rewards, Costs, and Total Margins in the Rice Value Chain from Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh to Delhi -- 6.4 Shares of Cost Items in the Rice Value Chain in Bangladesh -- 6.5 Shares of Cost Items in the Rice Value Chain in the People's Republic of China -- 6.6 Shares of Cost Items in the Rice Value Chain in India -- 6.7 Prices Received by Players in the Value Chain in India during September-February -- 6.8 Rice Regressions: Nominal Wholesale and Retail Prices, and Nominal and Real Retail Margins -- 7.1 Potato Farmland Distribution and Rental -- 7.2 Potato Farmers and Nonland Assets -- 7.3 Potato Farmers and Nonfarm Labor -- 7.4 Composition of Potato Farmers' Production Costs -- 7.5 Potato Farmers' Access to Irrigation Water -- 7.6 Seed Potato Acquisition: Shares of Households Declaring their Main Sources -- 7.7 Shares of Potato Farmers Buying Chemical Fertilizers and Crop Chemicals -- 7.8 Potato Farmers' Marketed Surplus Rates -- 7.9 Potato Farmers and Cold Storage -- 7.10 Composition of Potato Farmers' Clients -- 7.11 Composition of Potato Farmers' Sales to their Clients -- 7.12 Potato Farmers and Credit -- 7.13 Potato Farm Yields -- 7.14 Potato Farmers and Varietal Change -- 7.15 Potato Farmers and Wastage -- 7.16 Potato Price at the Farm Gate -- 8.1 Cold Storage Capacity and Diffusion: Bangladesh and India -- 8.2 Bangladesh: Cold Storage Clients -- 8.3 India: Cold Storage Clients and Procurement Sources.

8.4 India: Cold Storage Facilities' Sales from Own Stocks: Destinations.