Rice, one of the most important cereal crops for mankind, feeds more than half the world population. Rice has been heralded as a model cereal owing to its small genome size, amenability to easy transformation, high synteny to other cereal crops and availability of complete genome sequence. Moreover, sequence wealth in rice is getting more refined and precise due to resequencing efforts. This hu...

Market distortions in global trade occur when a govern­ ment creates policies that increase or lower prices of imported and /or exported goods. When prices are distorted, consumers pay either less or more than they would have if the price-altering policies were not in place. In agricultural and food mar­ kets, governments tend to create pricealtering trade policies especially when global agricu...

Water is a vital but poorly studied component of livestock production. It is estimated that livestock industries consume 8% of the global water supply, with most of that water being used for intensive, feed-based production. This study takes a broad perspective of livestock production as a component of the human food chain, and considers the efficiency of its water use. Global models are in the...

The Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing sector comprises establishments primarily engaged in growing crops, raising animals, harvesting timber, and harvesting fish and other animals on a farm, ranch, or from their natural habitats (Executive Office of the President, 2002). About 2.1 million workers were employed in agriculture, forestry, and fishing in the United States in 2004, making it one of ...

over the coming decades, global change will have an impact on food and water security and there are strong indications that developing countries will bear the brunt of adverse consequences from climate change. agricultural sector is the most vulnerable to climate change, because of its dependence on water and temperature conditions. consequently, it is important to understand the impacts of cli...

*Corresponding author Email : [email protected] INTRODUCTION In India agriculture plays a strategic role as this sector is the mainstay of the country’s economy. About 18% of the national income is from this sector which provides employment to about more than half of the work force in the country (Kothai 2011). Significant progress has been made in food grain production in India over t...

The study estimated the Total Factor Productivity (TFP) growth in Sri Lankan food crop sector from 1990- 2017 using Tornqvist-Theil index assuming translog production technology and a competitive market. TFP of paddy, maize, potato, big onion, chilli soybean has increased after 2000. highest is recorded for maize 2011 -2015 that contributed to about 68% growth. costless advances applied technol...

The agricultural production system in Sri Lanka consists of two traditional and well-defined components. One is the plantation section, established during the colonial period, consisting of large units, and producing perennial crops such as coffee, tea, rubber, and coconut mainly for export. The other is the smallholder sector comprised of small farms which produce most of the country’s rice, v...

The main objective of this research article is to analyze the impact production some major crops, namely rice, jute, wheat, sugarcane, and potato on agriculture sector in Bangladesh. considered an important Bangladeshi economy, which supplies a significant proportion gross domestic product (GDP). Annual time-series data for period 1988–2017 used study. Several econometric techniques are employe...