This report focuses on promoting low-carbon rice production systems in Vietnam. There are many sources of greenhouse …-food context. However, because rice production is so important to the country and to emission reductions in agriculture, this … from rice production systems. The report covers emission reduction pathways in rice. This report assesses agronomic and …

"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 without policy responses. Two sets of policy responses are …

interest to consumers. "Golden rice" has been genetically engineered to contain a higher level of vitamin A and thereby boost … of adopting both types of innovation in Asia, including its impact on rice producers and other consumers. They do so … gains could be dwarfed by the welfare gains resulting from the potential health-enhancing attributes of golden rice which …

emissions from the agriculture sector are generated by rice cultivation. Methane emission in agriculture is mainly due to … improving rice productivity in the context of concomitant changes in land use. Chapter four focuses on two key issues for …

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 … has six chapters, including this introduction. Chapter two provides a brief outline of the rice sector. Chapter three …

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 … technology available, the West Africa Rice Development Association (WARDA), located in neighboring Cote d'Ivoire, had made a …

agricultural sector and a significant increase in rice productivity. A resulting increase in output has been associated with a … decline in producer and consumer rice prices of approximately 25 percent. Using a combination of ex-post and ex …-ante approaches, the authors investigate the implications of the changes in rice productivity and prices for the welfare of households …

"In this paper, the authors have assessed the incidence and determinants of pesticide poisoning among rice farmers in …