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In rainfed lowland rice ecosystem, farmers adapt to climate change by changing planting pattern from traditional hand transplanting to dry direct seeding in order to avoid early drought. Therefore, breeding for new aromatic photoperiod sensitive variety which is flowering in early October...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
