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Adapting to Changing Rainfall and Developing Off‐Farm Employment: Implications for the Adoption of Direct Seeding in Rice Production

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rice is the main staple food for more than half of the world's population and the income from rice is an essential source for livelihoods of millions of households. We examine whether direct seed in rice production is an adaptation of rice farmers to rainfall changes and farm labor scarcity.
Manh Hung Do
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A compendium of Technologies, Practices, Services and Policies for Scaling Climate Smart Agriculture in Odisha (India) [PDF]

, 2020
Stakeholders engaged in agricultural research for development (AR4D) are increasingly tackling risks associated with climate change in smallholder systems.
Biswal, Sabyasachi, Jat, Mangi Lal, Khatri-Chhetri, Arun, Pathak, Himanshu, Rana, Dharamvir Singh, Sharma, Sheetal   +5 more
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Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková, Michiel van Dijk, Robert M'Barek, Hans van Meijl, Tomas Ratinger   +4 more
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Comparison of the Yield and Yield Components of Direct Seeded Rice (Oryza Sativa L.) Along with Fish Culture in Astara, Iran [PDF]

Ikufīziyuluzhī-i Giyāhān-i Zirā̒ī, 2014
To compare the yield and yield components of direct seeded rice cultivars along with fish culture, a field experiments was conducted in a randomized complete block design with three replications and ten treatments in Astara during 2012 growing season ...
F. Saeid zadeh, Sh. Garousi
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Can outsourcing pest and disease control help reduce pesticide expenditure? Evidence from rice farmers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Outsourcing pest and disease control (PDC) has grown rapidly worldwide, especially in developing countries. Although numerous studies have investigated various advantages of outsourcing PDC, little is known about its impact on pesticide expenditure.
Pengcheng Wang, Wanglin Ma, Mengling Diao   +2 more
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Examining the Impact of Row Planting on Labor Use for Sustainable Food Production Among Maize Farmers in Rural Ghana

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers are reverting to traditional production methods due to the high opportunity costs and unintended consequences of new technologies. This study focuses on row planting technology, which is labor‐intensive and slow without mechanized operations.
Emmanuel Tetteh Jumpah, Habtamu Alem, Abdulai Adams, Tomáš Ratinger, Miroslava Bavorová   +4 more
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Weed Diversity Under Different Water Regimes in Irrigated Direct-Seeded Rice Cultivation [PDF]

, 2008
This study comprised two sets of experiment. The field trials were conducted at MARDI Bertam Rice Research Station in Seberang Perai, Penang, while the experiments on weed seed viability were done in a glass house and the Weed Biology Laboratory at ...
Ahmad Hamdani, Muhammad Saiful
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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan, Orkhan Sariyev, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
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The Current Adoption of Dry-Direct Seeding Rice (DDSR) in Thailand and Lessons Learned for Mekong River Delta of Vietnam [PDF]

, 2019
The paper documents the joint study trip, organized by CCAFS Southeast Asia for Vietnamese rice researchers, extension workers, as well as local decision makers, to visit Thailand in April 2018.
Ngo, Minh D, Nguyen, Phuoc T, Nguyen, Tuyen TT, Truong, Lien TK, Vo, Nguyen TT   +4 more
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Dry direct-seeded rice in north-eastern Japan: management and future prospects

Plant Production Science
Continuing decreases in the agricultural workforce in Japan necessitate labour-saving rice production systems. One system is dry direct seeding of rice, as recently implemented in north-eastern Japan. Many studies are reported only in Japanese.
Mari Namikawa, Maya Matsunami
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