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Effects of blade sliding cutting angle and stem level on cutting energy of rice stems
Chunling Zhang +3 more
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Does Contract Farming Improve Diet Quality? The Case of Senegalese Smallholders
ABSTRACT The institution of contract farming has gained prominence in most developing countries owing to its numerous benefits. While several studies have already highlighted the welfare benefits of contract farming, very few have investigated the effects on diet quality, despite poor quality diets being a serious challenge in most parts of the ...
Francis E. Ndip, Takeshi Sakurai
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A viral protein disrupts rice cell wall integrity and modulates interactions with viruses and insects. [PDF]
Zhang J +10 more
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U.S. Rice Production Practices and Costs, 1988
Michael E. Salassi, Salassi, Michael E.
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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 +4 more
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Ecology-guided Bacillus SynCom from a rice-duckweed core reveals division of labor for concurrent growth promotion and sheath blight suppression. [PDF]
Song Y +11 more
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ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
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Microbiome eco-evolution of cultivated and wild rice species across the genus Oryza and its importance in supporting rice growth. [PDF]
Luo F +11 more
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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency
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 +3 more
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