Asian Rice Bowls
Asian Rice Bowls

Author: Prabhu L. Pingali

Publisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 0851991629

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Introduction: the state of rice in post-green-revolution Asia; Rice productivity growth: the case against complacency; Sustaining farm profits through technical change; Intensification-induced degradation of the paddy resource base; Erosion, pollution and poison: externalities and rice; Asian rice market: demand and supply prospects; GATT and rice: impact on the rice market and implications for research priorities; Agricultural commercialization and farmer product choices: the case of diversification out of rice; Strategic look at factor markets and the organization of agricultural production beyond 2025; Post-green-revolution seed technology for intensive rice systems; Fertilizers and pesticides: higher levels versus improved efficiencies; Dealing with labor scarcity: mechanical technologies.

Proceedings
Proceedings

Author: Ohio Academy of Science

Publisher:

Published: 1925

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13:

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Vol. 1-3, include the Annual reports, 1892-1902, v. 1-11, and Special papers, no. 1-7, 1899-1903

Proceedings of Conference LXII, 8th Joint Meeting of the U. S. Japan Conference on Natural Resources, Panel on Earthquake Prediction Technology
Proceedings of Conference LXII, 8th Joint Meeting of the U. S. Japan Conference on Natural Resources, Panel on Earthquake Prediction Technology

Author: R. L. Wesson

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1995-11

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9780788125492

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Includes papers on: tsunamis in Puget Sound, WA; the 1964 Alaska Earthquake; earthquake prediction in the Tokyo area; an overview of the 1992 Joshua Tree, Landers and Big Bear earthquakes; seismicity in the Western U.S. and much more. 26 papers.