Sustainability of rice-wheat production systems in Asia

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Sustainability of rice-wheat production systems in Asia

ed. by R. S. Paroda, Terence Woodhead, R. B. Singh

(RAPA publication, 1994/11)

Science Publishers , in arrangement with: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, c1993

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Note

An expert consultation on the "Sustainability of the Rice-Wheat Production Systems in Different Agro-Ecological Settings in Asia" was organized by FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (RAPA) in Bangkok from 6-9 July, 1993

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This text focuses on Rice-wheat production, undoubtedly the most important cropping system in the world today. It covers approximately 22 million hectares and feeds around one billion people in continental Asia. In view of projected global defecit of about 45 million tones of rice and wheat by the year 2005, the importance of rice-wheat production systems can hardly be over emphasized.

Table of Contents

  • Sustainability and productivity of rice-wheat systems in Asia-Pacific region - research and technology development needs
  • sustainabilty issues related to rice-wheat production system in Asia
  • major issues in Asian rice-wheat production system
  • areas, locations, and ongoing collaborative research for rice-wheat systems in Asia
  • rice-wheat production system in eastern India and Bangladesh: recent development and economic constraints
  • irrigations and drainage for the rice-wheat system - management aspects
  • rice-wheat systems research in South Asia - ecoregional emphasis and international collaboration
  • support of the rice-wheat in Bangladesh
  • sustainability of the rice-wheat production systems in Bhutan
  • rice-wheat systems in India
  • rice-wheat production system in Myanmar
  • sustainability of rice-wheat production systems in Nepal
  • rice-wheat systems in Pakistan - the sustainability questions
  • rice-wheat production systems in Thailand.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA28909345
  • ISBN
    • 1886106509
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Lebanon, NH, USA,Bangkok
  • Pages/Volumes
    iv, 209 p.
  • Size
    28 cm
  • Parent Bibliography ID
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