This paper explores farmer-specific cultural, social and economic objectives within the extensive rice system in the … multifunctional goals. The empirical analysis uses farm-level data collected through a face-to-face questionnaire to a sample of rice … “improving rice quality”. Farmers are willing to “minimize fertilizers use”, both to reduce cost and to preserve environment …

Ricecheck, an extension program for rice developed by the NSW Department of Primary Industries, is based on eight best … management practice recommendations (“key checksâ€) considered essential for achieving high yields. The program comprises … information on the impact of the best management practices on crop yields and farm profitability. In this paper, the economic …

Commercial rice imports have accounted for approximately 61%, food aid in rice accounted for about 2%, and domestic … rice accounted for some 37% per annum of rice consumption in Ghana over the four years between 2000 and 2003. Compared to … the 1990s, these figures show a gradual decline in the share of local rice production in the total quantities of rice …

Abolishing a nearly 50-year-old policy for rice price support, Korea adopted a new direct payment program in 2005 … nets and the WTO disciplines on domestic support. The program aims to deal with over-supply of rice while guarding against … performed to test the degree of a linkage between rice support and production. The analysis suggests that rice support have only …

success in agricultural commercialisation, and in relation to rice, drawing on data from a detailed rural panel survey for … significantly increase the probability of selling rice. We also find that larger scale of production and low transport costs are …

to a border or port. The effect of the distance depends on the product. In the case of rice markets, there is a weak …

Commercial rice imports have accounted for approximately 61%, food aid in rice accounted for about 2%, and domestic … rice accounted for some 37% per annum of rice consumption in Ghana over the four years between 2000 and 2003. Compared to … the 1990s, these figures show a gradual decline in the share of local rice production in the total quantities of rice …