Promoting Rice Value Addition through Inclusive Business Model

Juthatip Patrawart
ABSTRACT More than half of farm households in Thailand are in the rice sector. Majority of them are smallholders, and they are struggling with higher costs and lower yield rate, as well as rising competition in the global market. These reflect the need to move up the rice value chain based on...
Country: Thailand Topic: Agribusiness
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Consumer Preferences on Malaysia’s Specialty Rice

Engku Elini Engku Ariff, Noorlidawati Ab Halim, Rosnani Harun, Tapsir Serin
ABSTRACT Demand for specialty rice among Malaysians shows an increasing trend in recent years.  The consumption of high quality rice has increased due to higher living standards and health reason.  To meet the demand, most of the quality rice was imported from various rice producing...
Country: Malaysia Topic: Agribusiness
5,070
379

Overview of the Cambodian Rice Market_ Challenges and the way forward

Cheu Ponleu, Heng Sola
ABSTRACT Rice is the most important crop in Cambodia. It is the staple food and contributes to around 26% of the GDP, (MAFF 2017). It is estimated that the sector employs around three million people. The cultivated area increased to 3.6 million hectares with an estimated paddy production of 9.9...
Country: Cambodia Topic: Overview
10,276
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Consumer Valuation of Cultural Heritage: Estimating the Value of Cordilleran _Heirloom Rice_ through the Gastronomic Systems Research (GSR) Approach

Annalyn de Guia, Matty Demont, Rosa Paula Cuevas
ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is famous for rice terraces where indigenous people grow diverse traditional rice varieties, through which they preserve their culture. For these people, rice grains are heirlooms. However, triggered by poverty, mass emigrations lead...
Country: Philippines Topic: Agribusiness
2,456
217

Case Study of Bank for Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) Rice Value Chain Implementation

Surasak Sompadung
ABSTRACT This paper focuses on BAAC’s participation in the public private and farmer sectors and their assistance in farming and marketing for farmers’ produce through cooperatives society. It will also discuss the “Fair Care Share” idea that was recently implemented to...
Country: Thailand Topic: Agricultural cooperatives and farmers' organizations
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