This manual is designed to help agricultural field workers identify the most common problems of rice in the tropics. The text is non-technical: common names have been used exclusively (scientific names of insets may be found on p. 48, 49).
The mission of "Paddy and Water Environment" is twofold: to provide a better forum for scientists, engineers, planners, and related professionals to exchange their research experiences, outcomes, and problems; and to facilitate the dissemination of information in order to solve problems...
Access Agriculture Training Video Participatory varietal selection or PVS is a method that allows different stakeholders to get involved in identifying constraints and selecting new varieties out of the hundreds developed by rice breeders. During three years multiple stakeholders are involved in...
01.01.1970 This study was undertaken primarily to determine whether the manufacture of lightweight concrete bricks, on a small scale and using rice husks as an aggregate, is economic. Technical details of the process are not included in this report which is restricted primarily to the costing of a...
This handbook has been written as a guide to the construction of the rice dryer developed in the project. It is a translation from the original which was written in Thai and is based on experience gained in the field during the wet season of 1982.