دانلود کتاب The future rice strategy for India

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Content: Cover
Title page
Copyright page
Contents
Contributors
Editor Biographies
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Overview
Emerging challenges
Farm-Level Structural Transformation
Major themes of the Indian rice strategy
What Needs to Be Done?
References
Chapter 1 --
Rice Food Security in India: Emerging Challenges and Opportunities
Introduction
The rising cost of success
Future challenges
Ensuring future rice food security: opportunities in eastern India
Varietal Improvement
Expected Impacts of Flood- and Drought-Tolerant Varieties on Income and Poverty High-Yielding Varieties for the Irrigated Belt With Desired Quality TraitsIntegrated Crop Management and Mechanization
Concluding remarks
Acknowledgments
References
Further reading
Chapter 2 --
Rice in the Public Distribution System
Introduction
Food schemes in India
Historical Perspective and Recent Developments
The National Food Security Act
Scale of the program: allocation, expenditure, and reach
Benefits and impact
Who Benefits?
The Impact on Beneficiaries
Critiques of the current system
Toward a new architecture: debates and challenges
Reforms
Acknowledgments
References Further ReadingChapter 3 --
Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Rice Production and Productivity
Background
Rice in the agroecological zones of India
Rice ecosystems in India
Irrigated Ecosystem
Rainfed Lowland Ecosystem
Upland Ecosystem
Deepwater Ecosystem
Stresses in rice production
Abiotic Stresses
Drought
Submergence
Salinity/Alkalinity
Biotic Stresses
Bacterial Blight
Sheath Blight
Brown Spot
Leaf Blast
Temporal changes in rice production and productivity
Regional variations in cost and income
Technical efficiency and TFP growth in rice
Analytical Method Analysis of Technical Efficiency and TFP GrowthConclusions
References
Further Reading
Chapter 4 --
Ecological Footprints of and Climate Change Impact on Rice Production in India
Introduction
Agrochemicals and sustainability of rice ecosystems
Fertilizer Use and Soil Health in Rice Ecosystems
Pesticide Use in Rice Ecosystems
The Water Footprint of Rice Production
Strategies to Reduce the Water Footprint of Rice
Greenhouse gas emissions from rice fields
GHG Emissions and Environmental Pollution from Burning of Rice Straw
Strategies to Mitigate GHG Emissions From Agriculture Impact of climate change on riceImpact of Climate Change on Rice Yield: Crop Simulation Models
Climate Change Impact on Rice: Estimates From Econometric Models
Conclusions
References
Further Reading
Chapter 5 --
Structural Transformation of the Indian Rice Sector
Introduction
Rice production performance
Trends in rice exportS
Diversification of rice-based cropping systemS
The changing economic role of rice
Rice demand and supply
Consumption of Rice
Demand Elasticity
Rice Demand by 2030
Supply of Rice
Future challenges for the rice sector
Natural Resource Scarcity