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Sustainable rice production for food security Proceedings of the 20th Session of the International Rice Commission Bangkok, Thailand, 23-26 July 2002 INTERNATIONAL RICE COMMISSION
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Welcome address - P. Raksarat
FAO Statement - R.B. Singh
Keynote address: Issues and challenges in rice technological development for sustainable food security - M. Solh
Report on the implementation of the Commission’s Nineteenth Session - D.V. Tran
PART III - PROGRESS IN RICE GENETIC IMPROVEMENT FOR FOOD SECURITY
Biotechnology for rice breeding: progress and impact - G.S. Khush and D.S. Brar
Nutritional contribution of rice and impact of biotechnology and biodiversity in rice-consuming countries - G. Kennedy, B. Burlingame and V.N. Nguyen
Golden Rice - I. Potrykus
Conservation and use of rice germplasm: an evolving paradigm under the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture - M.T. Jackson and R.J.L. Lettington
Genetic diversity in rice production: past contribution and the potential of utilization for sustainable rice production - M. RaiGLOBAL RICE PRODUCTION SCENARIO
PROGRESS OF PLANT BREEDING ACTIVITIES
VARYING IMPACT OF BREEDING ACTIVITIES IN DIFFERENT ECOSYSTEMS AND IN DIFFERENT REGIONS
GENETIC DIVERSITY IN RICE
RICE GENOME RESEARCH AND ITS LIKELY IMPACT ON RICE IMPROVEMENT
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE AND EFFECTIVE USE OF RICE GENETIC RESOURCES AND IMPROVEMENT AT NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND GLOBAL LEVEL
REFERENCESThe second generation of hybrid rice in China - L.P. Yuan
Progress and issues in development and use of hybrid rice in the tropics - S.S. Virmani
Quality seed production in hybrid rice - J.S. Sindhu and I. Kumar
PART IV - PROGRESS IN INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE RICE PRODUCTION
The development and use of Integrated Crop Management for rice production - W.S. Clampett, V.N. Nguyen and D.V. Tran
Options for effective rice water management - W. Hundertmark and T. Facon
Economic and environmental impact of improved nitrogen management in Asian rice-farming systems - R.N. Roy and R.V. Misra
The need for improved weed management in rice - R. Labrada
Global Integrated Production and Pest Management (IPPM) development - K.D. Gallagher
Recent initiatives on the availability and use of aquatic organisms in rice-based farming - M. Halwart
An overview of rice post-harvest technology: use of small metallic silos for minimizing losses - D.J. Mejía
PART V - REGIONALSTRATEGIES ON RICE PRODUCTION
Challenges, innovation and change: towards rice-based food security in sub-Saharan Africa - T. Defoer, M.C.S. Wopereis, M.P. Jones, F. Lancon and O. Erenstein
Rice development strategies for food security in Africa - J.C. Norman and E. Otoo
New rice technologies and challenges for food security in Asia and the Pacific - M. Hossain and Josephine H. Narciso
Strategies to sustain and enhance Asia-Pacific rice production - R.B. Singh, T. Woodhead and M.K. Papademetriou
Strategy for sustainable rice production in Latin America and the Caribbean - E.L. Pulver
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