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Village Scarecrow, Rice Fields, Near Tegallalan, Bali, Indonesia Photographic Poster Print by John & Lisa Merrill, 24x32

Village Scarecrow, Rice Fields, Near Tegallalan, Bali, Indonesia Photographic Poster Print by John & Lisa Merrill, 24×32 Photographic Print Title: Village Scarecrow, Rice Fields, Near Tegallalan, Bali, IndonesiaArtist: John & Lisa MerrillSize: 24 x 32 inches Village Scarecrow, Rice Fields, Near Tegallalan, Bali, Indonesia is digitally printed on archival photographic paper resulting in vivid, pure color and exceptional detail that is suitable for any museum or gallery display. Finding that perfect piece to match your interest and style is easy and within your budget! List Price: $ 49.99 Price: $…. Click here to Read More


Lowcountry Time and Tide: The Fall of the South Carolina Rice Kingdom In mapping the slow decline of the rice kingdom across the half-century following the Civil War, James H. Tuten offers a provocative new vision of the forces–agricultural, environmental, economic, cultural, and climatic–stacked against planters, laborers, and millers struggling to perpetuate their once-lucrative industry through the challenging postbellum years and into the hardscrabble twentieth century. Concentrating his study on the vast rice plantations of the Heyward, Middleton, and Elliott families of South Carolina, Tuten narrates the ways in which rice producers–both the former grandees of the antebellum period and their newly freed slaves–sought to revive rice production. Both groups had much invested in the economic recovery of rice culture during Reconstruction and the beginning decades of the twentieth century. Despite all disadvantages, rice planting retained a perceived cultural mystique that…. Click here to Read More


Biological Control of Rice Diseases (Progress in Biological Control) This book on biological control of rice diseases deals with microorganisms and cultural practices as the non-chemical alternatives developed and used to manage devastating rice diseases such as blast, sheath blight, bacterial blight and rice tungro disease in Asia. The term, biological control has been used also to include transgenic rices which carry rice genes or others whose transient expression cause resistance to pathogens and reduce the use of chemicals. This is the first book that has been brought out to document the biological control research in rice and the application of biocontrol agents to rice. It has been developed to provide detailed accounts on the subject of biological control practised in rice over the last 30 years. However, the methodologies and merits apply to disease control in all other major crops and therefore, should be of significant interest to researchers and students of plant…. Click here to Read More


Farmers, Gene Banks and Crop Breeding:: Economic Analyses of Diversity in Wheat, Maize, and Rice (Natural Resource Management and Policy) Farmers, Gene Banks and Crop Breeding: Economic Analyses of Diversity in Wheat, Maize, and Rice responds to concerns about the loss of valuable genetic resources and crop vulnerability arising from widespread cultivation of genetically uniform varieties. It assembles a series of applied studies focusing on the fundamental economic issues related to genetic diversity in crop species, with special reference to developing countries. By presenting the results of initial economic investigations of diversity in the world’s three major food crops (wheat, maize, and rice),this volume furthers the understanding of the economic context in which crop breeders make use of genetic resources and their diversity. Farmers, Gene Banks and Crop Breeding: Economic Analyses of Diversity in Wheat, Maize, and Rice responds to current concerns about the…. Click here to Read More


Rice basmati, bajra up on pick-up in demand Basmati rice and bajra rose up to Rs 50 per quintal in the wholesale grains market today on pick-up in demand amidst low arrivals. Read more on Business Standard…. Click here to Read More


Why rice is king of the Korean table For centuries, rice has reigned supreme at the Korean dining table, acting as an anchor to the traditional spread of banchan (Korean side dishes). In short, rice is crucial to the daily diet and is ….. Read more on Asia News…. Click here to Read More


Unfazed by budget cut, NFA to buy more rice from farmers Its P5.5-billion budget cut this year has not stopped the National Food Authority (NFA) from planning to buy from farmers more rice in 2011 than the target it set in the previous year. Read more on GMA…. Click here to Read More


Green solutions to save Asia’s rice from rats Rats and mice are known to eat their way through millions of tons of rice each year, nibbling away at Asia’s staple crop, and contributing to the undernourishment of an estimated 570 million people. Read more on ABC Radio…. Click here to Read More


DA to downscale palay target due to ‘Juan,’ mulls rice import The Department of Agriculture has revised its palay output projections for 2010 after super-typhoon Juan wrought damage to plantations across Northern and Central Luzon regions in October. Read more on Philippine Daily…. Click here to Read More