The importanceofricepricestabilizationin developingAsia DavidDawe * InternationalRiceResearchInstitute,LosBanos,Laguna,Philippines Received5May1999;receivedinrevisedform21November2000;accepted29November2000 Abstract Internationaltradeagreementsarepushingtheworldinthedirectionoffreetrade.Butprice...
Implementation resulted in a transition from a situation in which the country was a net importer of rice in the early 1970s to one in which it had achieved national self-sufficiency in rice production by 1984, and was generally lauded as a 'success story' (Booth 1988: 1). Institu- tion...
leucocephala are consumed in soups and salads in Central America, Thailand, and Indonesia, while in the Philippines, the seeds are roasted and used as an alternative for coffee or popped like popcorn, and the young pods are eaten as a vegetable [114,115]. The seeds are regarded as non-...
1 of 2 rice cultivationA path through a flooded rice paddy in the Philippines. 2 of 2 tulipsColorful tulips (Tulipa) in flower. Economically, the majority of the world’s food crops are herbaceous plants, including allcereal grains(such asrice,wheat,oats,barley, andcorn), many fruits, and...
sustainability Article Evaluation of Mangrove Ecosystem Importance for Local Livelihoods in Different Landscapes: A Case Study of the Hau and Hoang Mai River Estuaries in Nghe An, North-Central Vietnam Tuyen Thi Tran 1, Kazuya Takahashi 1,2,*, Hiroaki Nishikawa 2, Viet Ha Thi Nguyen 1, Thuy ...