Rice Varietal Development For Food Sovereignty: a case of MARDI

Asfaliza Ramli
Varietal development has been a mandate of MARDI since the 1970s and until today a total of 44 varieties have been released for planting in the granary areas. The breeding objectives varied in accordance to the needs of the different era. In the 1970s Malaysia started to implement the double-...
Country: Malaysia Topic: Food security and safety
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Postharvest Management of Rice for Sustainable Food Security In Malaysia

Asnawi Shahar, Azahar bin Harun, Mohd Taufik Ahmad, Rosniyana Ahmad, Yahya Sahari
Introduction Postharvest losses (PHL) of paddy can be defined as losses that occur due to spills, human negligence and incompetence during postharvest handling operations. Losses include improper machine settings during combined harvesting, mishandling during transportation inefficient...
Country: Malaysia Topic: Food security and safety
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Organic Agriculture in Thailand

Hnin Ei Win
History of Organic Agriculture In Thailand, agriculture is the backbone of the country. Most of the people rely on the agriculture sector for their livelihood and generates incomes from it. Across the world, Thailand stands in the top ten list in the export of agricultural products due to its good...
Country: Thailand Topic: Agriculture
16,317
356

Case Study of Farm Employment of Unskilled Foreign Laborers through an Agricultural Cooperative in Hokkaido

Yoshihisa Godo, Takashi Miyairi
Introduction Hokkaido is the northernmost prefecture in Japan, agriculture being one of its main industries. Unlike the other 46 prefectures, large-size farming is dominant in Hokkaido. Many farms here suffer from labor shortage. This is because Japanese laborers’ lifestyle is so urbanized that...
Country: Japan Topic: Agricultural human resources development
3,908
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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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