Japan's feed self-sufficiency rate is the lowest among developed countries. The Japanese government has introduced a feed rice subsidy, a flagship agricultural policy, to address this issue. However, unlike expectations, the perceived benefit of growing feed rice is low, and about 60% of farmers...

A vertical supply chain consisting of an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and a downstream retailer, faces internal competition between new and remanufactured products, along with external competition from a third party remanufacturer (3PR). These competitive forces not only affect the...

Irrigation water in rice cultivation significantly affects the arsenic (As) mobilization in the paddy field soil. This research assessed the effect of rainwater (RW) and groundwater (GW) on arsenic (As) dissolution dynamics of paddy field soil. The up-flow column flooding experiments were...

Despite their lauded promise in terms of yields and resilience, climate smart agriculture technologies are not widely used in Sub-Saharan Africa. Even in places where adoption occurred, many farmers abandon these technologies after only a few years. We study this problem by investigating the...

This study explores the spot and futures pricing of rice in Japan’s central and local cities during the period 1900–1939 to detect how importing primary products from the colonies impacted the commodity market in the metropole. The imperial country imported colonial primary products...

Dissemination of information can enhance smallholder farmers’ agricultural outcomes and incomes in developing countries. However, the impact evaluation for new information can be inaccurate without considering pre-existing information that the indigenous people have used. This study explores...

The purpose of this study is to conceptualize a philosophical model for assessing Sri Lankan rice Farmers' potential and their readiness to adopt organic fertilizers (OF) while releasing or minimizing the use of chemical fertilizer (CF) for more sustainable agriculture (SA) transition. Such...