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  • 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)

  • Rice Value Chain Analysis in the Philippines: Value Addition, Constraints, and Upgrading Strategies

    Alice Mataia, Jesusa Beltran, Rowena Manalili, Betzaida Catudan, Nefriend Francisco, and Adrielle Flores
    Using the value chain analysis (VCA) framework, this research analyzed the rice value chain (RVC) in the Philippines, examined the value additions, identified constraints, and proposed upgrading strategies to enhance the competitiveness of the rice industry and the specific segments in the RVC...
    Volume 17 Issue No. 2 (December 2020)

  • Upland Rice: Cultural Keystone Species in a Philippine Traditional Agroecosystem

    Florence L. Zapico, Josefina T. Dizon, Edwino S. Fernando, Teresita H. Borromeo, Kenneth L. McNally, and Jose E. Hernandez
    This paper examines rice biocultural diversity in Sarangani Province, Southern Philippines through a socio-anthropological lens. Participatory rural appraisal highlighted the cultural importance of upland rice and the entire suite of farming rituals practiced by ethnic communities in the area...
    Volume 17 Issue No. 2 (December 2020)

  • Profitability and Competitiveness of Rice Farming in Malaysia: A Policy Analysis Matrix

    Fazleen Abdul Fatah and Stephan Von Cramon-Taubadel
    In recent years, the Malaysian rice sector has experienced structural changes to improve its competitiveness within a dynamic environment that is influenced by political, technical, economic, and international trade challenges. Using a policy analysis matrix and a rich dataset on rice producing...
    Volume 14 Issue No. 2 (December 2017)

  • Financial Capacity of Rice-based Farming Households in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam

    Le Canh Dung, Vo Van Ha, Vo Van Tuan, Dang Kieu Nhan, John Ward, and Peter Brown
    This study examines financial capacity of various types of rice farming households in the Mekong Delta. Household financial capacity was elicited and quantified through interviews with 449 households practicing rice-based farming systems in four agro-ecological zones of the Mekong Delta. Household...
    Volume 14 Issue No. 1 (June 2017)

  • Climate-Smart Villages in Southeast Asia: The Pivotal Role of Seed Systems in Rice-Based Landscapes

    Reiner Wassmann, Julian Gonsalves, Peter Sprang, Bui Tan Yen, Jerome Villanueva, Phalida Nelakhom, and Bernard Okumu
    Given the aggravating nature of climate change impacts, rice farming will increasingly rely on improved resilience to climate variability and extremes. To this end, the climate-smart village (CSV) approach was developed to address specific challenges of smallholder farmers. Within Southeast Asia...
    Volume 19 Issue No. 1 (June 2022)

  • Outcomes and Social Effects of a Community-Based Development Project on Selected Rice-Based Farmers in the Philippines

    Glenn Y. Ilar, Rowena Baconguis, Virginia Cardenas, Jaine Reyes, and Florencia Palis
    This research investigated the outcomes and social effects of a community-based development project in the form of a rice-based community intervention. Conducted in Regions 1, 6, and 10 in the Philippines, it employed mixed methods to gather quantitative and qualitative data concurrently from 86...
    Volume 18 Issue No. 2 (December 2021)

  • Assessing the Performance of Climate Smart Rice Production Systems in the Upper Part of the Vietnamese Mekong River Delta

    Dang Kim Khoi, Doan Minh Thu, Le Thi Ha Lien, Nguyen Thi Tam Ninh, Pham Duc Thinh, Do Huy Thiep, Dat Ngo Sy, Vu Thi Bich Ngoc, and Nguyen Phuong Anh
    Climate smart agriculture (CSA) has gained considerable attention in Vietnam due to its potential to increase food security and farming system resilience while decreasing greenhouse gas emissions. In recent years, several CSA practices have been introduced in rice production, the most important...
    Volume 18 Issue No. 1 (June 2021)

  • Sustaining Rice Productivity, Soil Fertility, and Income from Prawn-Rice Joint Culture in the Gher System in Bangladesh

    Basanta Kumar Barmon and Sanzidur Rahman
    This paper examines the long-term impacts of joint prawn-rice gher farming system on agricultural and household incomes, soil fertility, and productivity of modern variety (MV) rice in southwestern Bangladesh based on socioeconomic data of the gher farmers and soil fertility data of their gher...
    Volume 17 Issue No. 2 (December 2020)

  • Factors Influencing Farmers’ Adoption of Climate-Smart Agriculture in Rice Production in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta

    Tien Dung Luu
    Farmers’ adoption behavior of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is a big factor in the sustainability of agricultural growth in the areas of economic, environmental, and social development. This study explores the antecedents of adoption behavior of multiple CSA, including soil and water...
    Volume 17 Issue No. 1 (June 2020)

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