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Rice cropping systems and resource efficiency
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Comparison of different rice cropping systems on their resource use and socio-economic and environmental impacts
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| Author
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Dr. Simone Kathrin Kriesemer, University of Hohenheim, Germany
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| Editor or Organisation
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GIZ
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| Year
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2013
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| Language
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English
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| Table of Contents
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Foreword
Abstract
1 Introduction, scope and objectives of the study
2 Rice production and different rice cropping systems
2.1. Conventional irrigated lowland rice cultivation
2.2. System of Rice Intensification (SRI)
2.3. Alternate wetting and drying
2.4. Aerobic rice systems
3 Comparison of different rice cropping systems
3.1.Water
3.1.1 Water use and water productivity
3.2Energy
3.3 Labor requirement and gender aspects
3.4 Fertilizer
3.5 Weed occurrence and pesticide use
3.6 Farmers’ perceptions, problems and risk adaptation practices
3.7 Grain yields
3.8 Production economics and impact on poverty
3.9 Environmental impacts
3.9.1 Ammonia volatilization
3.9.2 Soil fertility
4 Under what conditions is the adoption of water saving
technologies beneficial?
4.1 General considerations
4.2 Soil conditions
5 Conclusions and recommendations
6 References
7 Annex
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