Rice paddies are artificial wetlands that supply people with food and provide wildlife with habitats, breeding areas, shelters, feeding grounds and other services, and rice paddies play an important part in agricultural ecological systems. However, modern agricultural practices with large-scale intensive farming have significantly accelerated the homogenization of the paddy field ecosystem. Mod...

Laboratory experiments were conducted to measure microwave scattering on specimens to simulate paddy fields for the purpose of developing microwave scattering model of paddy fields. In the experiment, the specimens were produced into fiber reinforced plastic (FRP) tube with 70 x 60 x 60 cm volume. The specimens contained soils, water layer and paddy. X-band antennas measured the backscatter fro...

Surface soils, under various land uses, were contaminated by radionuclides that were released by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident. Because paddy fields are one of the main land uses in Japan, we investigated the spatial distribution of radiocesium and the influence of irrigation water in a paddy field during cultivation. Soil core samples collected at a paddy field in Fukushim...

Colour plays important role in evaluating quality and maturity level of many agricultural products. Immature paddy has been defined as kernels or pieces of grain kernels that are not fully developed and are yellow-green in colour. Immature paddy will caused broken rice and losses during storage. This paper presents a new technique of paddy maturity estimation using various colour indices extrac...

This paper presents a novel method for identifying three varieties (Taikong 9, Tainan 11, and Taikong 14) of foundation paddy seeds. Taikong 9, Tainan 11, and Taikong 14 paddy seeds are indistinguishable by inspectors during seed purity inspections. The proposed method uses image segmentation and a key point identification algorithm that can segment paddy seed images and extract seed features. ...

The purpose of this study was to determine and analyze the independence farmers, sustainability lowland rice farming, relationship between farmers' farming in Konda District, South Konawe Regency. Data sourced from farmers District. basis for consideration making two villages subject research is that are with highest number population 120 Cialam Jaya village 80 Lawoila village. sample size dete...

Rice is the most important human food crop in world, directly feeding more people than any other crop. Tunga Bhadra Project (TBP) command area called as bowl of Karnataka. The study was conducted Shivamogga district Karnataka, India during 2020-21 mainly for economic analysis cost and returns rainfed paddy. A purposive sampling technique used selection area, Two taluks (Shikaripura Soraba) were...

Paddy rice is rarely used as a feed because of its high fiber content. In this study, two experiments were conducted to study the effects of supplementing an enzyme complex consisting of xylanase, beta-glucanase and cellulase, to paddy-based diets on the performance and nutrient digestibility in meat-type ducks. In the both experiments, meat-type ducks (Cherry Valley) were randomly assigned to ...

Frequently occurring extreme weather events have caused agricultural production losses in considerable amounts the dry zone of Sri Lanka. Hence, it is important to understand farmer groups and systems that are highly vulnerable climate change before proposing remedial measures. Paddy main crop cultivated by farmers The majority cultivate paddy during Maha season while Other Field Crops (OFC) Ya...