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Rice policy in Myanmar: It’s getting complicated
A paper about rice policy in Myanmar. The paper describes an increase in paddy prices and exports to China; rice in China compared to other sectors; and the relationship between...
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Agriculture in the central Mekong Delta: Opportunities for donor business engagement
A scoping report exploring economy, agriculture and donor engagement with agriculture businesses in Vietnam, focusing on Dong Thap, Can Tho and An Giang provinces. The report gi...
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Wetland conservation at the Mekong Delta, Vietnam: The integrated farming systems
A presentation about wetland conservation in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam and integrated farming systems. The presentation includes aerial photography of Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam...
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Cambodia, the rice kingdom of “white gold"
A presentation promoting Cambodian rice. The presenter describes the expansion of Cambodia’s rice exports, gives an overview of export markets and describes premium fragrant ric...
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Death in small doses – Cambodia’s pesticide peril
Cambodia faces a new threat: the poisoning of its people, food, water and wildlife by chemical pesticides. Cambodia is becoming a dumping ground for pesticides deemed by the Wor...
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Organic agriculture and food processing in Cambodia, status and potentials
A report on the status and potential of the production, processing and marketing of several organic and chemical-free food products in Cambodia. The report examines rice as the ...
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Morphological identification of foodborne pathogens colonizing rice grains in South Asia
The aim of this study was to identify foodborne pathogens (mainly aspergillus) colonizing rice grains using cultural and microscopic methods. Four differential media were used f...
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Asia brief: Filling the rice basket in Lao PDR, partnership results
The Asia Briefing Paper Series aims to inform the development practitioners and the public about new innovations, results and impacts of Swiss development cooperation in Asia. T...
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Irrigating a socialist utopia : disciplinary space and population control under the Khmer Rouge, 1975-1979
This article explores how the Khmer Rouge’s restructuring of the environment into a socialist utopian space could be explained as an attempt to establish and tighten control ove...
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The Great Mekong and climate change: Biodiversity, ecosystem services and development at risk
A report about the impacts of climate change on biodiversity, ecosystem services and development in the Greater Mekong. The first part of the report describes changes from clima...
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Grain and feed annual 2014- Burma
A report on grain and feed production in Myanmar. Rice paddy production and exports are estimated to increase in market year 2013/2014 and 2014/15. Corn production is also estim...
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A race against time (preserving rice crop biodiversity in Laos)
An article about a project to preserve rice crop biodiversity and traditional rice varieties in Laos. Seed collection and storage are discussed, as well as the need to preserve ...
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The second regional workshop on improvement of irrigation efficiency on paddy fields in the Lower Mekong Basin Project
Proceedings of the second regional workshop on improvement of irrigation efficiency on paddy fields in the Lower Mekong Basin. The workshop was part of a project aimed at...
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Overview, rice production in Cambodia
An overview of rice production in Cambodia, describes the climate, seasons, soil conditions and land use, and the distribution of rice paddies. Rice agro-ecological systems are...
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Myanmar rises
An article about Myanmar's rice sector and relationship with the International Rice Research Institute. The article describes a meeting with Myanmar President U Thein Sein and...
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The Green Revolution comes to Laos
A press release about the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation's funding of a 16-year effort to ensure food security in Laos. This project was led jointly by the Lao...
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"Genuinely Lao", Rice Today
Article published in IRRI's quarterly magazine, Rice Today, about the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and the International Rice Research Institute's (IRRI) work...
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Cambodia perspective on rice production and mechanisation in Cambodia
Cambodian perspectives on rice production and mechanisation. The presenter introduces Cambodia’s agriculture sector and its composition, and the role of rice outlines Cambodian...
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Rainfed lowland rice in Cambodia : a baseline survey
Presents findings of a baseline survey on rainfed lowland rice (RLR) in Cambodia based on interviews with 45 RLR farmers in three provinces. This report describes: 1) the place...
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Rice production response and technological measures to adapt to salinity intrusion in the coastal Mekong delta
This report analyses the effect on yield and economic return of salinity-tolerant rice varieties and good farming practices, and suggests strategies for food production to adapt...