Asian rice bowls : the returning crisis? / Prabhu L. Pingali, Mahabub Hossain, and Roberta V. Gerpacio
- Bib ID:
- 1567572
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Pingali, Prabhu L., 1955-
- Description:
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- New York : CAB International ; Manila : in association with the International Rice Research Institute, 1997
- xii, 341 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0851991629 (alkaline paper)
- Summary:
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The authors of this book argue that there is a growing sense of complacency about future food supplies in Asia and that such complacency is not warranted. While rice productivity may increase, this will be limited by a number of factors: withdrawal of land and labor from agriculture to other uses, increased competition for resources, and land degradation. It is unlikely to match the increase in demand for rice because of population growth. The book provides a thorough assessment of the opportunities for increasing land productivity, including crop diversification. It evaluates the successes and limitations of the Green Revolution for rice in Asia and projects economic and technological trends forward over the next three decades.
- Full contents:
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- 1. Introduction: The State of Rice in Post-Green-Revolution Asia
- 2. Rice Productivity Growth: The Case against Complacency
- 3. Sustaining Farm Profits through Technical Change
- 4. Intensification-induced Degradation of the Paddy Resource Base
- 5. Erosion, Pollution and Poison: Externalities and Rice
- 6. Asian Rice Market: Demand and Supply Prospects
- 7. GATT and Rice: Impact on the Rice Market and Implications for Research Priorities
- 8. Agricultural Commercialization and Farmer Product Choices: The Case of Diversification Out of Rice
- 9. Strategic Look at Factor Markets and the Organization of Agricultural Production beyond 2025
- 10. Post-Green-Revolution Seed Technology for Intensive Rice Systems
- 11. Fertilizers and Pesticides: Higher Levels versus Improved Efficiencies
- 12. Dealing with Labor Scarcity: Mechanical Technologies.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Publication date:
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