More Rice for People - More Water for the Planet: System of Rice Intensification

Submitted by Yury Zhukov on Sat, 2011-10-15 15:08
Author(s):
Biksham Gujja, V. Vinod Goud, T. M. Thiyagarajan, Manisha Agarwal, Gina E. Castillo, Timothy Mahoney, Brian Lund, Le Nguyet Minh, Erika Styger, Norman Uphoff, Olivia Vent
Year:
2010
Pages:
40
Summary:

The report highlights the experiences of Africare, Oxfam America and the Worldwide Fund for Nature working with the System of Rice Intensification in the African Sahel, Southeast Asia, and India. Although implemented in very different cultures and climates, the pattern is the same: farmers are able to produce more rice using less water, agrochemical inputs, and seeds, and often with less labor.

Thailand’s rice farmers adapt to climate change

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Body:
OurWorld 2.0

Jintana Kawasaki

Full Article

Rice has long been Thailand’s traditional food crop and the country’s main export product. Though declining in relative importance, it still occupies about 55% of the total arable land . Over 80% of the Thai population eats rice as their main meal, with annual per capita consumption totalling 100.8 kg.

The world too, depends on the country’s rice.