The Food Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Ghana hosted a two-day Roundtable Discussions on Developments in the Rice Industry in Ghana. This workshop was an output of the DFID/CPHP/FRI Project on "Consolidating and sustaining the uptake of improved...

The Food Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) together with the other members of the Rice Quality Improvement Coalition Project convened a one-day Workshop for the Launching of Rice Quality Training Manuals. The workshop was an output of the...

The Food Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Ghana hosted a two-day Regional Workshop on Sharing Experiences on Post Harvest Rice Handling in West Africa. This workshop was an output of the DFID/CPHP/FRI Project on "Consolidating and sustaining the...

We use two experimental valuation methods to estimate consumer demand for genetically modified golden rice. The first is an open-ended choice experiment (OECE) where participants name the quantities of golden rice and conventional rice demanded at each of several price combinations, one of which...

What explains Cambodia’s double digit growth in 2006, 2005, and 2004 of 11%, 13%, and 10%, respectively, despite relatively poor governance (162 out of 179 countries in the 2007 Corruption Perception Index, 151 out of 163 in 2006, 130 out of 158 in 2005 the year in which it was first ranked)?...

Cultivating hybrid rice variety has the potential to fulfill the ever-increasing demand for rice in Bangladesh due to its high yield. This study is intended to explore the determinants and impact of hybrid rice variety adoption on the yield and technical efficiency (TE) of Bangladeshi rural rice...

Access to microcredit has received a lot of attention, but, its role in the adoption of climate change adaptation strategies and improvement of rice yield is not often debated. This study investigated the impacts of access to microcredit on the adoption of climate change adaptation strategies...

Purpose This paper aims to focus on scrutinizing the economics of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Vietnam's rice production sector. Design/methodology/approach Using surveyed data from household rice producers, the smallest available production scale, the author delves into the economics of...

This paper takes the example of "notobowl (Notodon)", which was created as a new "local dish" in the Oku-Noto region, a peripheral area at the tip of the Noto Peninsula, Japan, to showcase how local chefs selected local ingredients to serve on bowls of rice to promote the local characteristics...