Dependence on imports increases the risk of global price volatility, particularly in the event of disruptions to international trade. Furthermore, global price fluctuations-often beyond the control of local governments-exacerbate domestic price volatility. The rice supply chain in East Java...

The dynamics of international trade play a pivotal role in shaping economic growth and development for nations worldwide. This significance is particularly pronounced in the context of India's agrarian economy. With a substantial portion of its population dependent on agriculture, engaging in...

This study assesses the impact of increased fertilizer prices under different scenarios on rice production, consumption, trade and prices. Using a global rice model based on a partial equilibrium framework, the simulation results show that a 30% to 100% increase in fertilizer prices would reduce...

This study explores the spot and futures pricing of rice in Japan’s central and local cities during the period 1900–1939 to detect how importing primary products from the colonies impacted the commodity market in the metropole. The imperial country imported colonial primary products...

The price of rice at the retail level affects consumer welfare and influences inflation. The research objective was to study rice retail trader pricing behavior in traditional markets. This study employed an econometric model consisting of six equations of price spread between the retail market...

Being the main food commodity, the dynamics of rice prices is one of the most important issues for Indonesian economy. The prices at the retail level and at the farm level are influenced not only by the demand and supply in each of these markets but also by price behavior at the wholesale...

The recent trend of development policy makes emphasis on gender disparity in performance, especially in the agricultural sector whereby women partake and play a crucial role and their contribution to the sector cannot be overemphasized. However, the contention is whether such disparity in...

This research discusses the idea of elasticity and how it relates to the demand for rice in the Philippines. By defining the concept and its essence and identifying the variables that affect rice demand changes, it specifically aimed to discuss the role of elasticity of demand in general and the...

This literature review focuses on the Philippines' rice industry's response to government interventions in the price-setting process. Specifically, to determine the price mechanism before and after government intervention, and to identify the effect of government intervention on the price...

Market integration is a metric for market efficiency, notably pricing efficiency. This paper examined the type and degree of market integration in Bangladesh using latest available weekly rice market price data from the six district markets in Bangladesh from January 2014 to December 2018. The...

Smallholder rice producers have limited demand for their locally produced rice due to the complex market outlets choice decisions challenges they become confronted with as well as their limited knowledge of appropriate entrepreneurial traits required for successful rice production and marketing....

This paper focuses on the challenges in the logistics of rice and soybeans in Indonesia. Rice distribution is complicated because rice production is concentrated in Java, while its consumption is high all over Indonesia. Soybeans are predominantly import and must contend with both import...

The use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in agriculture such as the Rice Crop Manager (RCM) has provided farmers crop nutrient management guidelines for irrigated and rainfed lowland areas. The study aimed to evaluate the RCM and its enhanced calculation in low yielding areas...

This paper studies the effect of competition on ethnic discrimination by carrying out a field experiment in the context of the rice market in Bangladesh. We recruit professional rice buyers (middlemen) to act as judges in a rice competition by providing a quality rating and a price quote for...

This paper aims to investigate the presence of price transfer asymmetry (APT) in the rice production chain in Rio Grande do Sul incorporating in the analysis the effects of public policy interventions, specifically the agricultural minimum prices. The results indicate the occurrence of positive...

"This book analyses the development of the rice trade in Asia since 1945. This book focuses on the three historically important exporters Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam and the two key importers Indonesia and the Philippines. The book addresses the impacts of several major transitions during...

Agricultural intensification riding on the Green Revolution ushered bountiful production of selected staples (rice, wheat, maize) in the developing nations and caused a significant economic growth. It showered a new hope through a package of high-yielding seeds of rice and wheat, laying networks...

This paper examines the formation of property rights in Qing China and Tokugawa Japan with a focus on rice market development. Both nations’ citizens eat rice and rulers in both nations view rice as one of the nation’s most significant strategic resources. However, by the end of 18th...

The importance of phospholipase C (PLC) in plant development has been demonstrated in several studies. OsPLC1, a member of PI-PLC in rice, although its role in the response to salt stress of rice seedlings has been reported, its functions in the growth and development of rice is elusive. Here,...

This study aimed to investigate the optimal controlling strategy for hydrolytic acidification (HA) of rice straw (RS) by domesticated paddy soil microbes (DPSM) and CH 4 yield of hydrolysate in liquid anaerobic digestion (L-AD). The suitable conditions for HA of RS were carbon/nitrogen ratio...

Rice straw (RS) is treated by straw biogas anaerobic digestion (AD) technology to reduce pollution, but RS anaerobic gas production technology has some problems such as low gas production rate, slow digestion speed, and long digestion period. Domesticated paddy soil microbes (DPSM) is an...

The use of multiple insecticidal seed treatments in combination to control a greater spectrum of pests has been increasing in rice production in the U.S. Mid-South. The economic benefits of individual seed treatments in rice are well documented, but returns on investment (ROI) on combinations...

Arsenic (As) and cadmium (Cd) accumulate easily in rice grains that pose an unignorable threat to human health worldwide. The opposite releasing mechanisms of As and Cd in the soil complicate measures to reduce the accumulation of As and Cd simultaneously in rice. We performed soil incubation...

An attempt was made to evaluate the engineering properties of an experimental sample of dry crystallized rice flake-milk pudding convenience mix (prepared using an in-house developed mechanical unit) against a control (prepared with manual stirring). Analysis of the proximate composition of the...

Malnutrition among mothers and children in India is extremely high. Every second woman in the nation is anemic, and every third child is diminutive, according to the Food Ministry. On the Global Hunger Index (GHI), India ranks 94th out of 107 countries, placing it in the ‘serious hunger'...

-The Rice Plant essentially accommodates of 4 subsystems especially Cleaning, Husking, Separation, and Elevator. Cleaning has sub-units. A unmarried repairman is to be had 24*7. Availability of rice plant is decided with the help of RPGT and accessibility of the association of rice plant for...