Focus on rice culture and agriculture in Asia-Pacific

Focus on rice culture and agriculture in Asia-Pacific by Asia-Pacific Agricultural Policy Forum (2nd 2003 Korea) Download PDF EPUB FB2

Rice is the life-blood of the Asia-Pacific Region where 56 percent of humanity lives, producing and consuming more than 90 percent of the world’s rice. The demand for rice is expected to grow faster than the production in most countries.

RICE CULTIVATION IN ASIA By INEZ ADAMS T HE terminology employed by writers discussing Asiatic rice agriculture has raised a problem: are the cultivated varieties of rice distinctly sep- arable into one group that will grow under none but irrigated conditions, andCited by: 7.

Ancient traditions surround growing and storage of essential food grain. Before Hinduism, Buddhism, and Christianity, the predominant religions in Southeast Asia revolved around rice, ecology, and the environment. Throughout Asia, rice is still considered sacred and the ritual of harvesting rice has shaped Southeast Asian cultures and tradition for centuries.

Rice and Asian Culture Inthe rice is grown around million tons in countries and 95 percent of them were produced and consumed in Asia (Chang). The rice in Asian culture is not just cereal, but it’s part of their lives.

It serves their meal almost everyday on their dining table. ROME/BANGKOK, Jun 20 (IPS) - Rice is a major food commodity and staple food for many, and adding fish to flooded rice paddies has been a farming tradition practiced in a number of Asian countries for many centuries—even for more than years in some Chinese areas, the United Nations reports.

With the adoption of innovative technologies and a wider choice of fish species and rice. Rice is cooked in different ways. It is also used to produce wine, liqueur and beer.

Basically a type of grass, rice species evolved in the Gondwanaland that would later form Asia and Africa. According to Dr. Nikolai Vavilov, South and Southeast Asia [India and Burma] are the centers of domestication of rice.

Rice remains of the Pengtoushan culture and Chinese prehistoric rice domestication, Agricultural Archaeology (Nongye Kaogu) 2: – 8. Pei, A. Rice remains from Pengtoushan Culture sites, Agricultural Archaeology (Nongye Kaogu) 1: – Cited by: However, the 57th session of the United Nations General Assembly noted that rice is the staple food of more than half the world’s population, affirmed the need to heighten the awareness of the role of rice in alleviating poverty and malnutrition and reaffirmed the need to focus world attention on the role rice can play in providing food Cited by: vi AFRICA AGRICULTURE STATUS REPORT Preface Agriculture is a proven path to prosperity.

No region of the world has developed a diverse, modern economy without first establishing a successful foundation in agriculture. This is going to be critically true for Africa where, today, close to 70% of the population is involved in agriculture as.

'Professors Calboli and Ng-Loy have gathered a tremendous group of highly renowned scholars to reflect on the theoretically underexplored area of geographical indications and their implications for trade, development, traditional knowledge and culture.

While the book’s subtitle indicates that the focus is on the Asia-Pacific region, the global, regional and local dimensions are also covered, which makes this. Rice straw has been used to make coarse paper, as a cellulose source for ruminant livestock, composting and building materials, and as an ultra-pure source of silica.

Other uses for rice plants include footwear and headwear, and rice glue from boiling ground rice. One unique use of rice is called rice marble, where rice is placed on bookFile Size: KB. Rice farming still shapes the personalities of people in southern China, according to new research from a group of psychologists.

The cooperation required to plant, tend and harvest rice grown Author: David Biello. universities seeking practical information on upland rice production.

The handbook is based on experiences accumulated at the Africa Rice Center (WARDA) in Nigeria and elsewhere. The handbook covers every aspect of upland rice production from land preparation and seed to the plate.

SupportfortheproductionofthishandbookhascomefromtheAfrican Rice Initiative with funding from African File Size: KB. Pests and Diseases in Rice Cultivation: Here is the information about Rice Pests and Diseases. Irrigation in Rice Cultivation: With water scarcity becoming a major issue in agriculture, already there are studies going on drip irrigation for paddy cultivation.

However, the popular System of Rice Intensification “SRI” method uses around to lakhs liters per hectare to produce 7 tonnes of rice.

agricultural trade. China dramatically increased its trade dependence in agri-culture, and it is currently the fifth larg-est exporter and fourth largest importer of agricultural products in the world. China’s substantial increase in fruit and vegetable production was a major factor behind its agricultural.

iii FOREWORD The 31st Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific (APRC) held in Hanoi in March called upon FAO to coordinate the development of a rice strategy for the region.

This call was made in the backdrop of the food crisis of /08 and increased attention being paid to the development of the riceFile Size: 1MB. Rice has been an important crop in the economy and history of southwest Louisiana.

Many people may not know, however, that the cultivation of rice in what is now the United States began in the Carolina colonies. The first recorded effort at rice cultivation was conducted by Dr.

Henry Woodward of Charleston, S.C., in Dr. In addition, Hunan sent more t agricultural and technical cadres to rice paddies to provide guidance for farmers in rice planting.

The efforts have paid off. The latest statistics from the provincial agriculture and rural affairs department showed that the planting area of early rice in Hunan has so far increased to about million. This study is a survey of agriculture practices and pest management strategies among rice and rice-fish farmers in the Mekong Delta.

Based on an economic comparison between different farmer categories, it is argued that rice-fish farming provides a sustainable alternative to rice monoculture, if the farmer takes full advantage of the natural productivity of the rice field ecosystem.

Agriculture represents a great part of the Africas share in world trade. On the list of 20 top agricultural and food commodity importers in60% are from Sub-Saharan Africa.

African countries represent also 50% of top 20 countries, in terms of the Share of total agriculture/ total exported merchandise in the world (ECA, ).

FILIPINO WOMEN IN RICE FARMING SYSTEMS This publication is a collaborative effort of the University of the Philippines at Los Baños, The International Rice Research Institute, and The Philippine Institute for Development Studies.

File Size: 7MB.Rice influences many cultures that uniquely contribute to the world’s cultural heritage and even goes hand in hand with the development of some countries’ civilizations.

Rice influences many cultures that uniquely contribute to the world’s cultural heritage and even goes hand in hand with the development of some countries’ civilizations.Water retention and management is a key focus of farming on the island of Cheongsando, off the country’s southwestern tip.

Through a year-old agricultural technique, farmers here have adapted to the region’s water scarcity and sandy soil to build terraces for rice, a crop that is highly water dependent.