@inproceedings{oai:kutarr.kochi-tech.ac.jp:00001253,
 author = {KAWANISHI, Masato and MIMURA, Nobuo},
 book = {Society for Social Management Systems Internet Journal},
 month = {Dec},
 note = {Van der Eng (2009) assessed how rice markets responded to variations in rainfall during
1935-40 in Java, Indonesia. The study finds that, while the unusually low rainfalls in El Nino years caused
deficiencies in paddy production in some locations, they did not have a negative effect on variations in rice
prices across Java. The finding indicates that, if well integrated, the market is able to adapt to climate stress
by providing incentives that direct flows of rice from surplus to deficit areas. Building upon the above
finding, the present study is aimed at analyzing the climate impacts and adaptive response of rice distribution
between Surabaya and Kupang, the provincial capitals of East Java and East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) in
Indonesia respectively. To this end, the monthly inflation rates of food over the last ten years are compared in
these two areas. As NTT has a chronic deficit of rice and is substantially dependent on East Java for its
supply, there is a correlation of inflation rates between the two provincial capitals. This study finds, however,
that a seasonal variation exists. The inflation rates are consistently higher in Kupang than Surabaya in
January, the lean season in NTT. The above findings suggest that, when and where seasonal factors are
strong, a government intervention for rice price stabilization, if it is centrally operated, is less effective.
Instead, a more seasonally and geographically targeted intervention becomes necessary to mitigate the
climate impacts on rice distribution.},
 publisher = {Society for Social Management Systems},
 title = {ADAPTIVE RESPONSE OF RICE MARKETS TO CLIMATE IMPACTS IN INDONESIA},
 volume = {9},
 year = {2014}
}