environment. For poor farmers in developing countries, inappropriate use of pesticides is known to be a serious problem. To … expenditure of conventional farmers is 56% higher than organic farmers. The burden of health expenditures is also … conventional farmers than organic farmers. Among households with health expenditure exceeding 40% of discretionary expenditure, the …

and Irrigated Rice Farming on the Savannakhet Plain -- 8. The Supply of Inputs to Rice Farmers in Savannakhet -- 9. Rice … -- 15. The Use of Credit by Rice Farmers in Takeo -- 16. Contract Farming of High-Quality Rice in Kampong Speu -- 17. Trends … self-sufficiency and a high-value export industry. For centuries, farmers in the Basin have regarded rice as “white gold …

. Our findings indicate that the adoption of integrated systems by smallholders has not occurred at scale and we identify …