Rice Almanac
3rd Edition
Published on 6. August 2002
Book
Hardback
270 pages
978-0-85199-636-3 (ISBN)
Description
As a result of editions published in 1993 and 1997, the Rice Almanac has become a standard handbook that brings together general information about rice and data about rice production worldwide. The third edition has been fully updated and expanded to include more countries, and is the result of collaboration between the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), West Africa Rice Development Association (WARDA), Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United States.
More details
Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Wallingford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
553 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85199-636-3 (9780851996363)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
CABI
Content
1: Introduction 2: Origin and diffusion of rice 3: Genetic diversity of rice 4: Rice-growing areas 5: Rice production 6: Importance of Rice 7: Rice as human food 8: Speciality uses of rice 9: Morphology and Growth of the Rice Plant 10: Morphology 11: Wetlands and rice soils 12: Rice Environments 13: Agroecological zones 14: Irrigated rice ecosystem 15: Rainfed lowland rice ecosystem 16: Upland rice ecosystem 17: Flood-prone rice ecosystem 18: Friends and Enemies in the Fields 19: Pests 20: Friends 21: International Issues 22: The looming water crisis 23: Adding vitamin A and other micronutrients 24: Increasing yield potential 25: Functional genomics 26: Global climate change and rice 27: Emission of greenhouse gases from rice fields 28: Biotechnology issues 29: International Rice Research and Development 30: FAO's role 31: International research centers 32: Rice around the World 33: Rice and Food Security in Asia 34: Rice in Europe and the Mediterranean 35: Rice in North America 36: Rice in Latin America and the Caribbean 37: Rice in West Africa 38: The Top 10 Rice-producing Countries 39: China 40: India 41: Indonesia 42: Bangladesh 43: Vietnam 44: Thailand 45: Myanmar 46: Japan 47: Philippines 48: Brazil 49: Rice in other Countries 50: Afghanistan 51: Argentina 52: Australia 53: Bhutan 54: Bolivia 55: Burkina Faso 56: Cambodia 57: Cameroon 58: Chad 59: Colombia 60: Congo DR 61: Cote d'Ivoire 62: Cuba 63: Dominican Republic 64: Ecuador 65: Egypt 66: France 67: Gambia 68: Ghana 69: Greece 70: Guinea 71: Guinea-Bissau 72: Guyana 73: Iran 74: Italy 75: Korea DPR 76: Korea, Republic of 77: Lao DPR 78: Liberia 79: Madagascar 80: Malaysia 81: Mali 82: Mauritania 83: Mexico 84: Mozambique 85: Nepal 86: Nicaragua 87: Niger 88: Nigeria 89: Pakistan 90: Paraguay 91: Peru 92: Portugal 93: Russian Federation 94: Senegal 95: Sierra Leone 96: Spain 97: Sri Lanka 98: Suriname 99: Tanzania 100: Turkey 101: USA 102: Uruguay 103: Venezuela 104: Rice-related Databases 105: Conversion Factors A: Appendix Tables