04/08/2024 SOURCE: marginalrevolution.com
It’s long been argued that the means of production influence social, cultural and psychological processes. Rice farming, for example, requires complex irrigation systems under communal management and intense, coordinated labor. Thus, it has been argued that successful rice farming communities tend to develop people with collectivist orientations, and cultural ways of thinking that emphasize group […]
Cultivating Minds: The Psychological Consequences of Rice versus Wheat Farming - Marginal REVOLUTION
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04/06/2024 SOURCE: source.wustl.edu
Rice feeds the world, but a look-alike weed can outcompete the crop. A study led by biologist Ken Olsen in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis shows how weedy rice gets its edge in Southeast Asia.
Weedy rice gets competitive boost from its wild neighbors - The Source - Washington University in St. Louis
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04/06/2024 SOURCE: www.csis.org
The stability of rice, a food staple for nearly 690 million Southeast Asians, faces considerable challenges amid recent international conflicts, evolving trade policies, and climate change.
The Politics of Rice and Security in Southeast Asia | CSIS
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04/03/2024 SOURCE: www.sei.org
This paper analyses the challenges of various types of capital assets to Indigenous rice farming in Indonesia and the Philippines.
Are capital assets under pressure? The state of and challenges to Indigenous rice farming in the cultural ricescapes of Indonesia and the Philippines
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04/02/2024 SOURCE: www.statista.com
This statistic shows the rice production in the United States, from 2000 to 2020, by length of grain.
Rice production in the U.S. by length of grain 2020 | Statista
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03/30/2024 SOURCE: www.kait8.com
Arkansas students expected to graduate in 2025 are now eligible to apply for up to $17,500 in scholarship funding.
Application period for Arkansas Rice scholarship now open
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03/28/2024 SOURCE: www.thevindicator.com
DAYTON — As the area continues to grow, it brings change, but for a once thriving rice farming community, its rich history has become a thing of the past. Last week, a pair of local projects helped make that reality even more apparent as crews began demolition of the old American Rice Growers dryer in downtown Dayton, and land developers announced they had obtained an area off Highway 99 and FM 686 from a family synonymous with the rice industry. The dryer served as a hub for rice farmers. In fact, Dayton's moniker, the crossroads, is due in great part to that very facility.
A changing landscape:
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03/27/2024 SOURCE: www.nationthailand.com
The Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry will seek 33.53 billion baht to buy fertilisers for 4.68 million rice farmers suffering from poverty due to price volatility and rising costs.
Govt may soon ease rice farmers’ burdens by providing free fertiliser
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03/22/2024 SOURCE: news.mongabay.com
A machine learning model of ammonia emissions from the world’s rice, wheat and corn crops shows that optimal fertilizer management could slash ammonia air pollution from these crops by 38%.
Fertilizer management could reduce ammonia pollution from 3 staple crops: Study
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03/22/2024 SOURCE: en.people.cn
An aerial drone photo shows rice fields in Nausori, Fiji, March 13, 2024. (Photo by Sang Qinlong/Xi
Feature: China's agricultural expertise fuels prospects for rice self-sufficiency in Fiji - People's Daily Online
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