Adoption and Impacts of Hybrid Seeds - an Evidence from Rice Farmers in Vietnam

This paper is aimed at examining the economic impact of adoption of hybrid seeds. The research employs the panel data from the large scale surveys of rural households in Vietnam in 2012 and 2014. The results are estimated using regression Random and Fixed Effect Models. The findings reveal that adoption of hybrid seeds significantly increases the productivity and total output value from rice farming. However, since the adoption of hybrid induces higher intermediary cost, it is also found that there is no evidence to conclude the impact of the adoption of these new inputs on value added derived from rice cultivation.