Performance of Rice Industry in India: Potential Opportunities and Challenges

Aldas Janaiah
ABSTRACT Rice is an important component of the agri-value chain, and a life-line for the livelihood of billion rural Indians. India’s rice sector has been transformed significantly with the increase of rice production by 250% and yield by 230% between 1971 and 2015. There is a wide variation...
Country: India Topic: Agricultural marketing policy
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Roles of Agricultural Cooperatives in Joint Production-Consumption Linkage Model Related to Large Scale Rice Fields in Mekong Delta

Hoang Vu Quang
ABSTRACT Agricultural cooperatives (ACs) have an important role in supporting the linkage between their members and trading enterprises. This paper presents a study result of roles of ACs in joint production –consumption linkage model related to large-scale rice field (LSRF) in Mekong Delta...
Country: Vietnam Topic: Agriculture
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The Value Chain and Rice Price Policy in Indonesia

Muhammad Firdaus
ABSTRACT Rice is one of the strategic commodities in Indonesia. Government intervention plays a significant role in Indonesian rice economy. A large input subsidy was delivered to rice farmers. Price policies were introduced annually. However, in Indonesia, rice is currently produced at the...
Country: Indonesia Topic: Overview
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Rice Farming in the Japan’s Matured Market: Overcoming the Shrinking Domestic Demand by Value-Adding and Export-Enhancing Strategies

Katsumi Arahata
ABSTRACT Rice and its farming have been culturally the backbone of Japan's society so far. However, Japan's rice farming is facing an unprecedented turning point, in which this role will seemingly be doomed to being weakened due to the shrinking domestic demand. The purpose of this paper...
Country: Japan Topic: Agricultural marketing policy
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Evaluation of Policy Performance and Profit Efficiency of Rice Production and Marketing Areas in Taiwan

Min-Hsien Yang
ABSTRACT Under the requirements of the AMS reduction and competitiveness improvement in the rice sector, the government has been implementing the Rice Production and Marketing Areas (RPMA) program in Taiwan since 2005. It rewarded operation units with price that is higher than the guaranteed price...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Agriculture
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