Agriculture

Palm Oil and Beef Cattle Integration System: A Strategy To Accelerate Beef Production in Indonesia

Tahlim Sudaryanto
Introduction Indonesia is now experiencing a bonus demographic population characterized by a growing middle class. This phenomenon has caused increasing demand for beef, where more than 98% of beef cattle production is managed by smallholder farmers. The national policy has been focused on...
Country: Indonesia Topic: Agriculture
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Pesticide Use in Agricultural Production in Thailand

Nguyen Thi Phuong
​​​​​​Introduction The use of agricultural pesticides has strongly increased in Southeast Asia as well as in most other developing and developed countries (Schreinemachers, 2012). In Southeast Asia this trend has been driven by land use intensification related to the expansion of higher value crop...
Country: Thailand Topic: Agriculture
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Price Stabilization Policy on Staple Food in Indonesia

Tahlim Sudaryanto
INTRODUCTION Food price stability is one of major elements on food security policy.  From the consumer side high food price provides undesirable impact to consumer access to sufficient and quality diet. Accelerated food prices also increase the number of households who are below the poverty...
Country: Indonesia Topic: Agriculture
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BIOichar: Biochar-Based Organic Fertilizer

Ilani Zuraihah Ibrahim, Nor Fadhilah Abdul Halim, Theeba Manickam
In general, organic fertilizers have low nutrient content. Solid organic fertilizers such as compost and manures have slow release rates, requiring soil microorganism to break down the materials into chemical forms that plants can use. Approximately only half or less of the nutrients are released...
Country: Malaysia Topic: Agriculture
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Vietnam’s Rice Policy Review

Tran Cong Thang, Vu Huy Phuc
ABSTRACT Rice production plays an important role in Vietnam’s agricultural development. In recent years, although rice cultivation area maintains stable, the yield still keeps increasing year by year. This growth brings higher output, which does not only guarantee national food security but...
Country: Vietnam Topic: Agriculture
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