Rice is a key agricultural commodity in Vietnam, and the agriculture, forestry, and fisheries sector remains a major … source of employment and value addition. This paper uses episodes of rice price volatility to understand how the interplay of … the needs of distinct constituencies, such as net rice producers and consumers. …

to "end hunger" and "achieve food security and improved nutrition," while promoting "sustainable agriculture." Lifting … the world's freshwater supplies go to agriculture; in South Asia, agriculture uses over 90%. On-farm greenhouse gas …; in Asia, during the same period, on-farm GHG emissions grew by 27%, from 2.5 to 3.2 GtCO2e. All of this puts agriculture …

The commonly touted solution to achieve food security has always been articulated as achieving self-sufficiency in rice … the numbers, the picture it paints is not pretty. Achieving rice self-sufficiency comes with a price, and let us take a …

How would climate change affect India's agriculture which accounts for sixty percent of employment? We study the impact … of climate change on the level and variability of yields of rice (India's major food crop) and two key millet crops … yields - rice yields are reduced by rainfall extremes whereas extremely high temperatures make yields of all three crops …

result found a significant difference (.001; .002) in the profit efficiency among young males and females rice and maize … attention given to young female rice and maize producer-marketers given that cost of agrochemical and improved seed varieties … significantly affect their profitability. Young females engaged in the rice and maize value chains could benefit from setting up …

one income source is risky. I test the theory by measuring the response of Thai rice farmers to conditional volatility in … the international rice price. Households expecting a harvest take on 1 extra activity when the volatility rises by 21 …

with the typical findings suggesting that women are more risk averse than men, several studies have also shown negative … relationships between 2D:4D and risk taking although the evidence is not conclusive. Previous studies have also reported that both … men and women believe women are more risk averse than men. In the current study, we re-test the relationship between 2D:4D …