Rice

Rice
Author: S. D. Sharma
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 580
Release: 2010-05-27
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1439840563

During the last nine millennia or so, man has improved the rice plant, increased its productivity and has found various uses of its parts. The story of rice differs from region to region and has been different in different periods of time. There was a time when tax was collected in the form of rice in Japan, the Southeast Asian kingdoms created hyd

Rice Area by Type of Culture

Rice Area by Type of Culture
Author: Robert E. Huke
Publisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.
Total Pages: 76
Release: 1982
Genre: Rice
ISBN: 9711040689

The maps and tables are the first attempt to unify terms and to standardized the data base for Asia's rice-producing areas. The maps present the data i a spatial perspective; the tables provide a base for statistical analysis.

Rice in South-East Asia

Rice in South-East Asia
Author: Jacqueline M. Piper
Publisher:
Total Pages: 116
Release: 1993
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

A fascinating story of a subject central to South-East Asian cultures, this book shows how rice shapes the landscapes that the people of South-East Asia see around them and how it contributes to the ordering of their lives. Not only is rice the staple food in most of the region, but the rice-farm determines the rhythm of the year as its major ceremonials mark the changing seasons. Not surprisingly, rice has come to represent fertility, and folk beliefs about how to farm and store rice and their associated rituals are a corner-stone of South-East Asian cultures. In this highly illustrated work, Jacqueline M. Piper details the tremendous impact rice growing has made on the land over millennia, converting mountain, hill, and valley to rice-fields, and providing, through the implements of rice cultivation, many opportunities for craftsmenship, design, and decoration.

The Geography of Southeast Asia

The Geography of Southeast Asia
Author: Thomas A. Rumney
Publisher: University Press of America
Total Pages: 516
Release: 2010-04-07
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 0761850104

In The Geography of Southeast Asia, Rumney discusses an area that has long been of interest to geographers and other academics. As interest in Southeast Asia has grown, particularly over the past forty years, the volume and variety of scholarly publications on the varied geographical aspects of the region have also increased. This collection is an attempt to identify, organize, and present as many of these works as possible. The region as a whole, and each individual country of the area, are covered in individual chapters. Each chapter is further systematically organized by topic, including general works, cultural-social geography, economic geography, historical geography, physical geography, political geography, and urban geography. This book presents a myriad of sources, such as atlases, books, chapters, articles, dissertations, and theses are included, as well as works written in English, French, German, and other languages, providing the reader with a thorough view of Southeast Asian geography.

World Rice Statistics 1990

World Rice Statistics 1990
Author:
Publisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.
Total Pages: 337
Release: 1991
Genre: Economic development
ISBN: 9712200175

Rice production, area, and yield; Imports and exports; Food aida; Consumption and stocks; Domestic prices; World prices and tariff and nontariff measures; Land use, irrigation, and farm size; Population, labor force, and wages; Modern rice varieties; Fertilizer use and prices; Rice costs and returns.