strategy
Advancing rice growing technologies
Synonyms:
Transferring rice development technology Implementation:
Ratooning (a cropping system characterized by the harvesting of plant regrowth from basal buds) has been practised with several tropical and subtropical field crops since time immemorial. However, it is only since the 1930's that this minor cropping system has been gradually made the subject of systematic research. Precontemporary ratooning of rice has been considerably varied in setting, method, intensity, productivity; overall it seems to have declined in importance, although it took root in several areas outside the cradles of rice cultivation (probably as an independent invention) up to at least the 19th century. Currently rice ratooning occurs in Asian, American and African areas. The more interesting data available concern Kenya, Colombia and particularly, China. Broader:
Advancing cereal science Facilitates:
Diversifying rice productsUpgrading local rice yieldsRecovering salinated rice fieldsImproving rice cultivation practices Facilitated by:
Collecting literature on rice Organizations:
Africa Rice Centre International Rice Research Institute The Rockefeller Foundation FAO Inter-Regional Cooperative Research Network on Rice in the Mediterranean Climate Areas East and Central Africa Rice Research Network Subjects:
Plant Life → CerealsCommunication → Communication
Agriculture, Fisheries → Cultivation
Technology → Technology
Development → Development
Type Classification:
G: Very Specific strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
