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Vietnam's Mekong Delta. Blood cholinesterase tests suggest that the incidence of poisoning from exposure to organophosphates … and carbamates is quite high in Vietnam. Using the medical test results as benchmarks, the authors find that farmers' self …
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One area of weakness in current agricultural policy work in Vietnam is the lack of a clear understanding of both the … Vietnam. Tradeoffs are involved in all production decisions and the PAM provides a systematic way of comparing the private and … export in An Giang province in the Mekong delta of southern Vietnam and for domestic rice and alternative stock feed crops …
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This report focuses on promoting low-carbon rice production systems in Vietnam. There are many sources of greenhouse … gas (GHG) emissions within the agricultural sector in Vietnam, including along value chains and within the whole agri … piloted in Vietnam and require significant upscaling at the farm-level. This report considers challenges and practical actions …
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"The increase in the international price of rice is likely to have substantial negative impacts on the poor in countries such as Mali which are net importers of rice. This paper relies on a dynamic CGE model to estimate the likely impact of the recent increase in rice prices on poverty with and...
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"The first generation of genetically modified (GM) crop varieties sought to increase producer profitability through cost reductions or higher yields, while the next generation of GM food research is focusing on breeding for attributes of interest to consumers. "Golden rice" has been genetically...
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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...
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This report is the outcome of assessment and is intended as an advisory note to the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) and Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) to enable them to identify a strategy and potential public investments to improve current risk-management practices in the rice supply chain....
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The objective of this policy note is to identify likely factors driving rice prices and suggest options to manage rice price volatility in the future. It also provides a snapshot of recent developments in the rice sector, and describes rice and food price trends and their implications. Based on...
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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...
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