In macro terms, the increase in population will be directly proportional to need for food. Even if traced on a micro basis, there has been decline level of rice consumption per capita. 2016 was 124.89 kg capita year, while 2017 it 114.6 year (Ministry Agriculture, 2017). The varieties cultivated by farmers consist that produce medium, premium and special rice. Rice are included category with li...

In this poster we present an approach to responding to complex questions in the agriculture domain, from specifications given by experts. We present in particular a semantic annotation procedure that would allow us to define accurate and domain dedicated forms of lexical semantics inference, in order to be able to match non factoid questions (i.e. questions whose response is a significant text ...

India possesses an immense wealth of Basmati and non Basmati aromatic rice varieties and land races exhibiting a wide variability in their grain quality and cooking characteristics. Among non basmati aromatic rices, Kalanamak is an important and popular scented rice variety grown in Eastern Uttar Pradesh. This variety is famous for its taste and aroma. In eastern India it is cooked in honour of...

Italian rice production is progressively threatened by water scarcity. Some strategies have been developed to reduce water use. Nevertheless, reducing water irrigation amounts may lower paddy rice production. This publication compares the productivity and the economic performances of traditional and modern rice varieties in northern Italy using two different water management systems. The object...

Provitamin A accumulates in the grain of Golden Rice as a result of genetic transformation. In developing countries, where vitamin A deficiency prevails, grain from Golden Rice is expected to provide this important micronutrient sustainably through agriculture. Since its original production, the prototype Golden Rice has undergone intense research to increase the provitamin A content, to establ...

Introduction The significant and multiple benefits that Genetically Engineered (GE) crops have generated, including increased yield and lower production costs due to reduced insecticide applications, have been well documented in the literature1-2. However, the impact of GE crops on farmers’ health due to the reduction of pesticide use has not been rigorously analyzed. While previous studies hav...

For several decades the effective and efficient dissemination of new agricultural knowledge among farmers in developing countries has been problematic. Two major programs were implemented in Indonesia, namely The Training and Visit (T&V) Extension Program or The Massive Guidance (BIMAS) Program, from the mid 1960s until the end of the1980s, and the Farmer Field School (FFS) Program, during the ...

Agriculture in developing countries is complex and vulnerable, especially for resource-poor farmers. They require location-specific technologies and solutions developed with their active involvement. In Nepal, several top-down approaches have been tried but there appeared to be challenges in addressing the needs of poor farmers. Participatory approaches emphasise involvement of local farmers an...

Biodiversity relevant to pest management of tropical irrigated rice pests is discussed in terms of variation within rice plants, rice fields, groups of rice fields and rice associated ecosystems. It is concluded that, in the unique cropping conditions and stable water supply of tropical irrigated rice, the manipulation of a relatively few manageable components of diversity can confer stability ...

The present paper is a humble attempt to test the allocative efficiency of the farmers in a traditional Orissan agriculture system in terms of resource-use and crop selection. While examining their allocative efficiency it is noted that the rational farmers are not necessarily efficient farmers. The farmers in the sample area are found to be rational in taking production decisions and efficient...