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AbstractThis study examines the drivers of rice trade. The analysis uses the standard comparative advantage model, the Heckscher–Ohlin–Vanek (HOV) framework, supplemented with a gravity‐type equation. Using the Poisson pseudo‐maximum likelihood (PPML) estimation for data from 2002 to 2020, the analysis broadly confirms HOV model predictions. Results indicate that arable land, along with GDP, distance, precipitation and crop season temperature, significantly influences rice trade dynamics. The results showed that the precipitation play a key role in influencing the rice trade rather than the blue water availability. However, agricultural water stress discouraged exports and encouraged imports.

Using a political economy perspective, this paper establishes the strong relationship between rice and politics and explains recent developments in the Philippine rice landscape. Results of the analysis show that the price of rice has been a significant determinant in election results since the 1950s, with the exception of 1998, where despite stable prices, the candidate from the incumbent administration failed to win the presidential elections. In addition, reliance by the Philippine government primarily on price instruments to achieve its rice objectives and to protect farmer and consumer interests has not resulted in any substantial improvements in rice production. In fact, the shift to rice protection since the 1980s has failed to stabilize domestic rice prices and has effectively penalized the poorer households. This has been traced largely to the failure of the National Food Authority to provide timely, accurate, and appropriate intervention in the country's rice market. If the Philippines is to achieve sustained, stable rice supply at low prices and at the same time promote rice consumer and producer welfare, the adoption of a private-focused, market-based regulatory regime without a rice trading parastatal (but with rice emergency reserves, not for price stabilization) remains as a long-term objective.

Made available by the Northern Territory Library via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT). ; The trail begins -- Farming a new frontier -- Spending spree -- Budget cuts and liquidation -- Under new management -- New Problems -- Rice reports -- Why did the rice project fail? -- Water -- Other problems -- What about the geese? -- One man left standing -- Fogg Dam and Harrison Dam postscript -- Kakadu connection -- Further reading. ; Cover title. Prepared for Friends of Fogg Dam Inc. Funded by the Northern Territory Government July 2010.

ABSTRACT Annual rice consumption always increases as the increase of Indonesian population. Rice is the main food for Indonesian. With rice sovereignty program, Indonesia government is going to target 80.1 million tons of rice production in 2018 through special effort since 2015. Planting hybrid rice is one of some technologies to increase rice production. However, hybrid rice is relatively a new technology that should be scaled up years after and becomes new challenge. Although it has not been largely adopted in Yogyakarta, the assessment of pest and disease on hybrid rice is important, because pest and disease is one major constraint for Yogyakarta rice production, particularly brown plant hoppers and bacterial leaf blight. One cause of brown plant hoppers outbreaks in rice fields is unsynchronized planting of rice crops, susceptible variety, and low management practices. An assessment on the influence of hybrid rice varieties and integrated pest management (IPM) to the abundance of insects and diseases intensity is important. Insect abundance, particularly the varies of natural enemies affected pest control management decision. The research was conducted in Sleman District, Yogyakarta in rainy season of 2017/2018. The objective was to determine the dominant pests and diseases in hybrid rice and to determine the insect abundance as an effect of IPM due to save rice production. Dominant pests found in Yogyakarta hybrid rice are brown plant hopper, stem borer, and leaf folder, while the natural enemies are Coccinelids, Tetragnatha, Micraspis, Cythorinus, Ophionea, and spiders. Bacterial leaf blight and blast were found as the dominant diseases.

ABSTRACT Annual rice consumption always increases as the increase of Indonesian population. Rice is the main food for Indonesian. With rice sovereignty program, Indonesia government is going to target 80.1 million tons of rice production in 2018 through special effort since 2015. Planting hybrid rice is one of some technologies to increase rice production. However, hybrid rice is relatively a new technology that should be scaled up years after and becomes new challenge. Although it has not been largely adopted in Yogyakarta, the assessment of pest and disease on hybrid rice is important, because pest and disease is one major constraint for Yogyakarta rice production, particularly brown plant hoppers and bacterial leaf blight. One cause of brown plant hoppers outbreaks in rice fields is unsynchronized planting of rice crops, susceptible variety, and low management practices. An assessment on the influence of hybrid rice varieties and integrated pest management (IPM) to the abundance of insects and diseases intensity is important. Insect abundance, particularly the varies of natural enemies affected pest control management decision. The research was conducted in Sleman District, Yogyakarta in rainy season of 2017/2018. The objective was to determine the dominant pests and diseases in hybrid rice and to determine the insect abundance as an effect of IPM due to save rice production. Dominant pests found in Yogyakarta hybrid rice are brown plant hopper, stem borer, and leaf folder, while the natural enemies are Coccinelids, Tetragnatha, Micraspis, Cythorinus, Ophionea, and spiders. Bacterial leaf blight and blast were found as the dominant diseases.