Download or read book Securing Rice Reducing Poverty written by A. M. Balisacan and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenges and policy directions: overview. External environment, trade regimes, and policy options. Research and development. Water resources and irrigation development. Rice extension. Land reform and property rights. Seed system, biotechnology, and nutrition. Rural finance. Local Governance. Marketing and distribution. Supply-chain perspective. Food safety. Farm sustainability and organic farming.
Download or read book Securing Rice Reducing Poverty written by A. M. Balisacan and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hunger and Hope written by George W. Norton and published by Waveland Press. This book was released on 2014-02-24 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readable, thought-provoking, and beneficial for those who want to comprehend the plight of the rural poor, Hunger and Hope examines the world of those living near, on, and over the edge of poverty in developing countries. Their aspirations, struggles, and daily challenges are revealed with compassion and genuine understanding of the risks they face to sustain themselves and their families. The text is rich with lucid and methodical observations of the economic processes that shape agricultural development in impoverished countries. The author builds in an imaginative way on his extensive experience assisting farmers and assessing the impacts of agricultural interventions. Real-world illustrations of the policies and practices that not only create opportunities and food security but also create hardships show that, while progress has been made in reducing poverty and hunger, there is a need to do more.
Download or read book Poverty and Food Security written by M.L. Narasaiah and published by Discovery Publishing House. This book was released on 2006 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Will there be enough food to feed 8 billion people who will live on earth in 25 years times? Surprisingly few people, at least in the industrial countries, seems to be overly concerned with this question. Whereas the world conferences on the environment, on women, human rights or social issues, which were held in recent years were preceded and accompanied by intensive public debate, food does not seem to be a burning issue. Don t we have mountains of surplus food, people ask. Do we not have to pay our farmers to leave their land idle in order not to add to the glut on the world markets? And hasn t the Green Revolution ended famine even in countries like India which used to be a synonym for hungry people? So where is the problem? The advance made in agricultural production since beginning against a background of imminent crisis are indeed remarkable. In only 20 years, yields of major crops like rice, maize and wheat in developing countries went up by 80 per cent, outpacing even the rapid increase in population. But this growth in yields has slowed down in recent years, and the aim of food for all is once again becoming elusive. About 800 million people still do not have access to enough food to meet their basic daily needs, nearly 200 million children suffer from protein and energy deficiencies, 88 countries 44 or them in Africa have a deficit in food production.
Download or read book Rice Research for Food Security and Poverty Alleviation written by Shaobing Peng and published by Int. Rice Res. Inst.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasing yield potential in irrigated rice: breaking the barrier; Exploitation and use of heterosis in rice; Breeding for abiotic stress tolerance; Durable host-plant resistance; Integrated nutrient and pest management; Water and weed management in direct-seeded rice; Impact of technologies on food security and poverty alleviation.
Download or read book The Rice Crisis written by David Dawe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-07-26 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The recent escalation of world food prices – particularly for cereals - prompted mass public indignation and demonstrations in many countries, from the price of tortilla flour in Mexico to that of rice in the Philippines and pasta in Italy. The crisis has important implications for future government trade and food security policies, as countries re-evaluate their reliance on potentially more volatile world markets to augment domestic supplies of staple foods. This book examines how government policies caused and responded to soaring world prices in the particular case of rice, which is the world's most important source of calories for the poor. Comparable case studies of policy reactions in different countries, principally across Asia, but also including the USA, provide the understanding necessary to evaluate the impact of trade policy on the food security of poor farmers and consumers. They also provide important insights into the concerns of developing countries that are relevant for future international trade negotiations in key agricultural commodities. As a result, more appropriate policies can be put in place to ensure more stable food supplies in the future. Published with the Food and Agriculture (FAO) Organization of the United Nations
Download or read book Food Security and Poverty in Asia and the Pacific written by Asian Development Bank and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ensuring a secure supply of food is essential, given the world's (and especially Asia's) growing population, high and volatile food prices, increasingly scarce resources, and changing environment. This publication discusses the drivers behind food insecurity in Asia and points to ways to mitigate it.
Download or read book Upland Rice Household Food Security and Commercialization of Upland Agriculture in Vietnam written by S. Pandey and published by Int. Rice Res. Inst.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Farming Systems and Poverty written by John A. Dixon and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A joint FAO and World Bank study which shows how the farming systems approach can be used to identify priorities for the reduction of hunger and poverty in the main farming systems of the six major developing regions of the world.
Download or read book Alleviating Poverty Intensifying Agriculture and Effectively Managing Natural Resources written by Per Pinstrup-Andersen and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 1994-08-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This discussion paper is the first in a series of papers prepared as part of IFPRIs 2020 Vision initiative, which seeks to develop an international consensus on how to meet future world food needs while reducing poverty and protecting the environment. It shows that poverty and environmental degradation in the developing world are inextricably linked with inadequate agricultural intensification. Increased investment in agriculture and poverty alleviation are essential for preventing further resource degradation and for meeting future food needs in a sustainable manner.
Download or read book Trade and Agricultural Competitiveness for Growth Food Security and Poverty Reduction written by Raphael Gitau and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sustainable Agriculture Poverty and Food Security written by Asian Society of Agricultural Economists. Conference and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Collection Of Papers Presented At Sustainable Agriculture, Poverty And Food Security In Asia: The Perspectives For The 21St Century, Conference Held In 2000 Presents In 2 Volume. The Papers Throuoghly Revised And Edited For This Book And Will Be Useful For Policy Makers, Development Administrators, Public Analyses And Academic Community In The Developing World.
Download or read book Rice Productivity and Food Security in India written by Poornima Varma and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contributes to the adoption of agricultural technology in general and to literature on the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in particular by identifying the factors that influence the decision to adopt SRI and examining SRI’s impact on household income and yield. The study also discusses the importance of SRI in achieving higher rice productivity and food security. Conducted on behalf of the Government of India’s Ministry of Agriculture from October 2014 to March 2016, the study collected detailed and extensive household-level data. As the second largest producer and consumer, India plays an important role in the global rice economy. Food security in India has been traditionally defined as having a sufficient supply of rice at an affordable price. However, in recent years rice cultivation in India has suffered from several interrelated problems. Increased yields achieved during the green revolution period and with the help of input-intensive methods involving high water and fertiliser use are now showing signs of stagnation and concomitant environmental problems due to salinisation and waterlogging of fields. Water resources are also limited; as such, water for irrigation must contend with increasing industrial and urban needs. As a result of all these factors, rice farmers have experienced a downturn in productivity growth. Since increasing the area of rice cultivation is not feasible, the additional production has to be achieved using less land, less water and fewer additional inputs. The new intensification methods for rice cultivation known as the System of Rice Intensification (SRI), which originated in Madagascar, offer a promising systemic approach to enhancing rice production at affordable costs by simultaneously reducing input requirements and causing less harm to the environment. The SRI approach is expected to enhance yield and substantially reduce water and other input requirements by altering plant, soil, water and nutrient management practices. With SRI taking firm root in India, the book examines and analyses the adoption and the economic impact of SRI in three major rice producing States of India: Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa.
Download or read book Food Security in Asia and the Pacific written by Asian Development Bank and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This synthesis report is the result of close, collaborative research initiated by the Asian Development Bank in partnership with Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada; the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation; and the Liu Institute for Global Issues at the University of British Columbia. Fourteen background papers were commissioned to investigate food security issues particularly pertinent for Asia and the Pacific. The report synthesizes and collates the primary findings from these papers to articulate key policy challenges and opportunities related to food security in the region.
Download or read book Redesigning Rice Photosynthesis to Increase Yield written by J. E. Sheehy and published by Int. Rice Res. Inst.. This book was released on 2000 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Securing the Rice Bowl written by Hongzhou Zhang and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-07-03 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a snappy but comprehensive investigation of how the resource needs of today could become the resource conflicts of tomorrow. As the most populous country in the world, the security of China’s “rice bowl” is not only a top political priority for China’s policymakers but increasingly a critical global concern as the country emerges as a leading food importer and a major player in outward agricultural investment. This book sheds light on China’s efforts, both at home and abroad, to safeguard its food security and how these efforts will affect global food systems. This book will be of interest to industry analysts, institutional investors, and scholars of China's global rise.
Download or read book Filling Up the Rice Jar written by Diadem B. Gonzales and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
