Rice imports into Trinidad and Tobago in 2005 represented approximately 95% of domestic demand. Local production has … been declining since reaching a peak of 21,000 tonnes in 1992. Present production is 3,500 tonnes. Rice is produced under a ….79, indicating that farmers derived positive protection from government policies of guaranteed pricing for rice paddy. The ST, SB MM …

yields, and economic risk of both NT and CT in five rice-based cropping systems (continuous rice, rice-soybean, rice …-corn, rice-wheat, and rice-wheat-soybean-wheat). Yields, crop prices, and key input prices are simulated to create net return … rice producers in Arkansas practice NT. The low adoption rate is most likely due to difficulties in management but also …

This study evaluated the impacts of farm size and stochastic return variability on no-till (NT) rice profitability at … machinery labor requirements for conventional till (CT) and NT rice-soybean farms of 1200, 2400, and 3600 acres in size. Crop … yields, market prices, and prices for key production inputs were simulated to construct stochastic whole-farm net returns for …

gender in rice production. Results indicate that female-headed farm households, despite having limited access to land, have a … higher value of rice production than their male counterparts. However, there is no significant difference between net farm …

irrigation), are compared in terms of rice production efficiency. Using farm household data collected by the authors in Tamil … Nadu, India, it is found that the profit of rice production using well water only is low due to the high labour input …

Despite the rapid producer adoption of hybrid rice (Oryza sativa L.) in recent years, the economic advantage of hybrid … rice in the mid-Southern United States remains disputed. This study compares the economic risk and return of three … popularly sown hybrid rice varieties: XL723, Clearfield® (CL) XL729, and CL XL745; and eight conventional rice varieties …

focus on Arkansas rice and the U.S. rice sector. The results suggest that the Price Loss Coverage program provides a … relatively strong safety net for long‐grain rice producers. …

The number of rice mills in Uganda increased rapidly during the past decade, in response to increasing demand for … farmers still sell rice in unmilled form which attracts lower prices. This study was undertaken to examine why some rice … farmers still sell un-milled rice in the advent of improved access to milling services. Descriptive statistical methods of …

The study was conducted during 2008-2009 to estimate the farm-size-specific technical efficiency of rice growers. The … production of rice for marginal farms indicating that production could be increased by increasing efficiency with the existing …