1. Rice in global markets

• Long-term prospects for the global rice economy [PDF] - Mahabub Hossain, Lead Economist, Social Sciences, IRRI

• Rice market outlook [PowerPoint, zipped]- Concepción Calpe, Senior Commodity Specialist, FAO Commodities and Trade Division

• The Doha Round agriculture negotiations [PDF] - Magdi Farahat, Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, World Trade Organization

• Implications of the WTO Doha Round for the rice sector [PDF] - Eric J. Wailes, L.C. Carter Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Arkansas, USA

• Changing structure, conduct and performance of the world rice market [PDF] - David Dawe, Economist, IRRI

• Future challenges for the global rice market: a worm’s eye view [PDF/PowerPoint] - Larry C. Y. Wong, Senior Adviser, BERNAS Malaysia

• Marketing of value-added rice products in Japan: Germinated brown rice and rice bread [PDF] - Ito Shoichi, Professor, International Food Economist, Tottori University, Japan

• Indonesia rice policy in view of trade liberalization [PDF] - Mulyo Sidik, BULOG, Indonesia

• The present and prospects for trade of Chinese rice [PDF] - Yu Xubo, Vice President of COFCO

• Rice: challenges in production and marketing in India [PDF] - Shailendra Nigam, Executive Director, Food Corporation of India

• Thai rice: Sustainable life for rice growers [PDF] - Pramote Vanichanont, Thai Rice Millers Association

2. Sustainable rice-based production systems: Challenges and opportunities

• Harnessing science and technology for sustainable rice-based production systems [PDF] - Gurdev Khush, Rice breeder, former Head of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biochemistry Department, IRRI

• Agricultural diversification: opportunities and constraints [PDF] - Prabhu Pingali, Director, FAO Agriculture and Economic Development Analysis Division

• Rice-based production systems and land and water conservation [PDF] - Daniel Renault, Senior Officer, FAO Water Resources, Development and Management Service

• Biotechnology and its implications for production and trade [PDF] - Ronnie Coffman, Professor and Chair, Department of Plant Breeding, and Director of International Programs, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University

• New varieties and sustainable cropping systems to face food security [PDF] - Nour Ahmadi, Head of the Rice Working Group, CIRAD

• Traditional rice-based livelihood systems and global indigenous agricultural heritage [PDF] - Parviz Koohafkan, Chief, FAO Land and Plant Nutrition Management Service

• Hybrid rice for food security and nutrition [PDF] - Yuan Longping, Hybrid rice specialist, Director-General, China National Hybrid Rice Research and Development Center, Hunan, China

• New challenges and technological opportunities for rice-based production systems for food security and poverty alleviation in Asia and the Pacific [PDF] - Ronald P. Cantrell and Gene P. Hettel, Director General and Head, Communication and Publications Services, IRRI

• Challenges and technical opportunities for rice-based production systems for food security and poverty alleviation in sub-Saharan Africa [PDF] - Toon Defoer, Technology Transfer Agronomist, WARDA, et al.

• Challenges and technological solutions for rice-based systems in Latin America [PDF] - Luis R. Sanint, Executive Director, CIAT/FLAR

• Rice-based production systems for food security and poverty alleviation in the Near-East and North Africa: New challenges and technological opportunities [PDF] - Badawi A. Tantawi, Vice-President, Agricultural Research Center, Egypt

• Constraints and opportunities for the sustainable development of rice-based production systems in Europe [PDF] - A. Ferrero, Head of Department of Agronomy, Selviculture, and Terrain Management, University of Torino and N.V. Nguyen, Agricultural Officer, FAO Crop and Grassland Service

Ms Rita Ashton
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