The study aimed to determine the usefulness and adoption of Palay Check ( Rice check) technology. The study used both qualitative and quantitative methods, specifically correlational and case study research designs. Respondents of the study were the 78 small-holder farmers in San Mateo, Isabela....

In Guinea, improving the productivity of upland rice is a key challenge for the national agricultural services. Though rice is the main staple in Guinea, low yields make the country highly dependent on rice imports that it can ill afford. While the national agricultural research system...

In the Philippines, direct seeding has evolved as a low-cost manual method of crop establishment. The traditional manual transplanting demands high labor and often results in delay in planting since labor is already getting scarce in most rice-producing areas of the country. There are, however,...

This paper adopts an instrumental variable approach to uncover the impact of variations in minimum temperature on emergence and severity of actual violence through the effect on food availability, captured by rice crops per capita. The link between increase in minimum temperature and rice crops...

We estimate the impact of weather variation on agricultural output in Indonesia by examining the impact of local rainfall shocks on rice output at the district level. Our analysis makes use of local meteorological data on rainfall in combination with government administrative data on...

There is increasing interest in climate change issues in Indonesia particularly in the lead-up to the COP13 or Copenhagen meeting in Bali in December 2007 when there was renewed focus on Indonesia as the third largest emitter of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the world due to deforestation, peat-land...