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Category : Rice
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
IRRI Social Science Division Papers
Author: Social Sciences Division Discussion Paper
Author: An Adventure in Applied Science
Author: Robert Flint ChandlerPublisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.
ISBN: 9711040638
Category : Agricultural innovations
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Socioeconomics of Rice-aquaculture and IPM in the Philippines
Author: Gesa Horstkotte-WesselerPublisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.
ISBN: 9718020047
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Rice Research in Asia
Author: Robert Eugene EvensonPublisher: IRRI
ISBN: 0851989977
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
In order to achieve economic efficiency, research organizations have established rigorous, quantitative methods for priority setting. One such organization, the Rockefeller Foundation, has drawn on this report to help determine the research goals it should emphasize in its funding. A review of the problem of priority setting is presented followed by a discussion of approaches that have been used previously. Several chapters demonstrate how a number of areas of plant science research have contributed to gains in rice productivity and also assess the current challenges of genetic improvement and pest control. The economic framework for priority setting and previous methods are reviewed, followed by a series of country case studies which provide more practical applications.
IRRI Research Paper Series
Author: International Rice Research InstitutePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rice
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Management of Biological Nitrogen Fixation for the Development of More Productive and Sustainable Agricultural Systems
Author: J.K. LadhaPublisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.
ISBN: 0792334132
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Reprinted from Plant and Soil, v.174, nos.1-2 (1995), this volume is devoted to discussions on the role of biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) in agricultural sustainability. Papers presented on BNF in crop forage and tree legumes are augmented with discussion of integrated farming systems involving BNF, soil and N management, and recycling of legume residues. BNF by non-legumes is discussed and attempts to transform cereals into nodulating plants are critically reviewed. Also described are advances in the development of new methodologies to understand symbiotic interactions and to assess N-2 fixation in the field; means of enhancing BNF through plant and soil management; breeding and selection; problems encountered in exploiting BNF under farmers' field conditions; and promising approaches to improve BNF exploitation. Lacks a subject index. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Pesticides, Rice Productivity, and Farmers' Health
Author: Agnes C. RolaPublisher: IRRI CABI
ISBN: 971220037X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Introduction and overview of conclusions; Pest-related yield losses in rice: reality and perceptions; Crop protection technologies; A profile of pesticide use for rice; Choice of crop protection technologies under risk: an expected utility maximization framework; Pesticide exposure, farmers' health, and choice of pest control technologies; IPM implementation in the Philippines: a policy overview; Regulating pesticide use in Philippine agricultural production: some policy considerations.
An African Green Revolution
Author: Keijiro OtsukaPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400757603
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
This volume explores the usefulness of the Asian model of agricultural development for Africa, where, even before the recent world food crisis, half the population lived on less than on dollar a day, and a staggering one in three people and one third of all children were undernourished. Africa has abundant natural resources; agriculture provides most of its jobs, a third of national income and a larger portion of total export earnings. However the levels of land and labor productivity rank among the worst in the world. The book explains Africa’s productivity gap and proposes ways to close it, by examining recent experience in Africa and by drawing on lessons from Asia.
Rice Research and Development in the Flood-prone Ecosystem
Author: Sadiq I. BhuiyanPublisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.
ISBN: 971220197X
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description