smallholder tree farmers in the Philippines. The paper first discusses the main drivers for current low returns to smallholders …This paper provides an overview of ASEM/2003/052 Improving Financial Returns to Smallholder Tree Farmers in the … regulations on market access and product quality appear to be the dominant constraints on smallholders receiving higher returns …

present synthesis of two detailed country studies confirmed widespread adoption of zero tillage (ZT) wheat in the rice …

, research and extension projects and programs are viewed as arenas in which social actors–village leaders, farmers, researchers …

This paper investigates the roles of industrial cluster on the efficiency of rice milling and the improvement of milled … rice quality. The data were obtained in Kumasi area, central Ghana because the enhancement of domestic rice production is a … and marketing. Among 63 rice millers interviewed in the Kumasi area, 24 millers form a few clusters in the city of Kumasi …

In the Philippines, where rice is considered the most important food crop, attempts to influence rice prices have been … prices since its establishment in 1972 to support farm gate prices and reduce retail price of rice. But data shows divergence … movement of Philippine rice margins with government stocks and weather supply shocks to able to determine government …

Brazil`s rice markets. In response to changes of the agricultural policies during the period of investigation, the presence …

The Arkansas Global Rice Model is based on a multi-country statistical simulation andeconometric framework. The model … mechanisms by which countries intervene in their rice sectoreconomy.More specifically, the Arkansas Global Rice Model is a … representation of the world rice economy.It is specified as a series of six regional models, each having a similar structure within …

Brazil`s rice markets. In response to changes of the agricultural policies during the period of investigation, the presence …

This study analyzes the potential impact of climate change on China's corn, wheat, and rice, domestic agricultural …

rice producers in Arkansas practice NT. The low adoption rate is most likely due to difficulties in management but also … limited information on the profitability and risk of NT. Most rice producers are knowledgeable on NT costs savings but … yields, and economic risk of both NT and CT in five rice-based cropping systems (continuous rice, rice-soybean, rice …