White gold : the commercialisation of rice farming in the Lower Mekong Basin /: the commercialisation of rice farming in the Lower Mekong Basin. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Rob Cramb, editor.
• Editors: Cramb, R. A (Rob A.), 1951-
• Contents: 1. The Evolution of Rice Farming in the Lower Mekong Basin.- 2. The Commercialisation of Rice Farming in Northeast Thailand.- 3. Divergent Pathways of Rice Farming in Ubon Ratchathani Province.- 4. Farmer Organizations in Ubon Ratchathani Province.- 5. From Subsistence to Commercial Rice Farming in Laos.- 6. Adapting the Green Revolution for Laos.- 7. Rainfed and Irrigated Rice Farming on the Savannakhet Plain.- 8. The Supply of Inputs to Rice Farmers in Savannakhet.- 9. Rice Marketing and Cross-Border Trade in Savannakhet.- 10. Economic Constraints to Intensification of Rainfed Lowland Rice in Laos.- 11. The Commercialisation of Rice Farming in Cambodia.- 12. The Production, Marketing, and Export of Rice in Takeo.- 13. The Role of Irrigation in Rice Farming in Takeo and Kampong Speu.- 14. The Supply of Fertiliser for Rice Farming in Takeo.- 15. The Use of Credit by Rice Farmers in Takeo.- 16. Contract Farming of High-Quality Rice in Kampong Speu.- 17. Trends in Rice-Based Farming Systems in the Mekong Delta.- 18. The Domestic Rice Value Chain in the Mekong Delta.- 19. Cross-Border Trade in Rice from Cambodia to Vietnam.- 20. Cross-Border Trade in Sticky Rice from Laos to Vietnam.- 21. Issues of Rice Policy in the Lower Mekong Basin.
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxviii, 456 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 633.1/8; Rice farming -- Mekong River Valley; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811509988; 9811509980
• Related ISBNs: 9789811509971
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 20, 2020).
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