India is the largest producer of rice (Oryza sativa L.) next to China in the world. Rice cultivation is a huge water demanding enterprise. In recent years, water table has depleted at a very rapid rate throughout the globe, thus, posing alarming threats and limiting the scope for cultivation of high water consuming crops especially rice. Challenges in maintaining the sustainability of rice farm...

since time immemorial, iranian women have played a pivotal role in agriculture, the largest industry contributing to rural livelihoods. hence, the present study was conducted in tafresh area of iran to examine factors influencing participation of rural women in mixed farming activities in 1999.this was a descriptive- correlation research project in which a total number of 300 rural women were s...

Analysis of the Indian census shows that female marital migration accounts for the majority of the spatial mobility in India. Using a unique panel dataset that is representative of rural India, I estimate the effect of increases in the value of female labor on women’s marriage market outcomes. Female labor is more valuable in rice farming than wheat farming. I exploit rainfall shocks across ric...

Rice farming in the Cote dIvoire faces enormous constraints, including that of adventitious management. A study on rice was conducted with objective inventorying as well herbicides are used for chemical control city Daloa. Thus, 60 growers selected at random and from three (3) bunds representing plots approximately four (4) meters were randomly selected. In each plot, all weeds met identified b...

Implications of increasing labour costs and the development of herbicide resistance for profitable weed management in Philippine rice farming systems are investigated. The study employs RIMPhil (Resistance and Integrated Management in the Philippines), a bioeconomic simulation model developed to provide a comprehensive assessment of integrated weed management programmes for the control of annua...

Measuring within-field variability is essential for precision farming, and remote sensing is an important tool to obtain the needed information. The objective of this study was to evaluate rice (Oryza sativa L., irrigated lowland rice) growth variability in Qixing farm considering different fields, management practice and cultivars using high resolution optical satellite image data. Based on th...