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DocumentHybrid rice development in Asia: Assessment of limitations and potential 2015
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No results found.Rice is the staple food of about half the world’s population. More than 90 percent of rice consumers live in Asia. Rice plays an important role in ensuring food security, and contributing to poverty and malnutrition alleviation in Asia and the world. As the world’s population continues to increase, there will be further demand on the rice supply. In consideration of these developments, the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific and the Asia-Pacific Seed Association jointly organized a regi onal expert consultation on hybrid rice development in Asia in Bangkok, Thailand from 2 to 3 July 2014, attended by more than 70 participants. This publication is the proceedings of the regional consultation. -
Book (stand-alone)A Regional Strategy for Sustainable Hybrid Rice Development in Asia 2014
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No results found.Rice is the staple food of about half the world’s population, 90 percent of whom live in Asia. As the world’s population increases, there will be further demands on the rice supply to meet consumption. This is a major challenge as the growth of rice productivity has stagnated or even declined in recent years because of marginal improvements in the rice yield potential. To overcome this challenge, the application of rice hybrids has been demonstrated as a means to raise the rice yield potential b y exploiting the genetic expression of heterosis or hybrid vigor. This publication is the proceedings of a regional expert consultation on “Hybrid rice development in Asia: Assessment of limitations and potential” jointly organized by the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific and the Asia-Pacific Seed Association from 2 to 3 July 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand. -
DocumentProceedings of the FAO Rice Conference
Rice is life
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No results found.The International Rice Commission (IRC), which works within the framework of FAO, was established on 4 January 1949 with the object of promoting national and international action in respect of production, conservation, distribution and consumption of rice. Matters relating to trade are outside the purview of the Commission. Membership of the Commission is open to all FAO Member Nations and Associate Members who accept the constitution of the IRC. The present membership of the Commission is 61 an d represents all the ricegrowing regions of the world. The Commission keeps under review the scientific, technical and economic problems relating to rice, encourages and coordinates research, organizes (where necessary) cooperative projects and reports to the member countries and the Director-General of FAO on appropriate action to be taken in furthering its objectives.
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