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3 articles found for keyword search: +stress-tolerant +varieties

  • Enabling Adoption of Stress-Tolerant Rice Varieties and Associated Production Management Technologies by Smallholder Farmers in Cambodia

    Georgina V. Vergara, Sinath Srey, Rica Joy Flor, Akhara Ouk, Sokheng Keo, Sem Seyla, Layhout Leng, Chanthol Uch, Lourdes Velasco, Shiela Valencia, Alice Laborte, Valerien Pede, Buyung A. Hadi, and Abdelbagi M. Ismail
    Smallholder rice farmers in four target provinces surrounding Tonle Sap Lake in Cambodia face problems of crop failures and low yields due to biotic and abiotic factors and a lack of suitable seeds and technologies. This paper reviews the status of rice production in the four areas and discusses the...
    Volume 20 Issue No. 1 (June 2023)

  • Coping with Climatic Stress in Eastern India: Farmer Adoption of Stress-Tolerant Rice Varieties

    Mamta Mehar, Surendaran Padmaja Subash, and Narayan Prasad
    Cultivating stress-tolerant rice varieties (STRVs) is widely cited as a strategy of rice farmers to cope with climate-induced stresses. In India, dissemination of STRVs started in 2008 through international development initiatives, but only 5 percent of farmers have adopted it after seven years...
    Volume 19 Issue No. 1 (June 2022)

  • The Role of Gender, Risk, and Time Preferences in Farmers' Rice Variety Selection in Eastern India

    Mamta Mehar, Takashi Yamano, and Architesh Panda
    Using data from 5,601 rice farmers in Eastern India, this study examined the role of gender, risk, and time preferences in farmers' rice variety selection in Eastern India. The determinants of the following were estimated: farmers' rice variety selection according to variety type (i.e....
    Volume 14 Issue No. 1 (June 2017)

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