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Bridging the rice yield gap in the Asia-Pacific region

This publication brings together edited manuscripts of papers presented at the Expert Consultation on “Bridging the Rice Yield Gap in Asia and the Pacific”, held in Bangkok, Thailand, 5-7 October, 1999.

Year of publication 2000

Author Papademetriou, M.K. (ed.); Dent, F.J. (ed.); Herath, E.M. (ed.)

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Series title RAP Publication

Series number 1020-6221|1014-2789|18194591|0428-9560

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This publication is a compilation of papers presented at the expert consultation organized at the FAO Regional Office in Bangkok, Thailand in October 1999. Experts in rice production from Australia, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Viet Nam, as well as the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and FAO, took part in the deliberations. Rice is the main food crop of Asia which produces and consumes more than 90 percent of the annual global rice ha rvest of over half a billion tonnes. The number of rice eaters in Asia-Pacific countries, which are home to more than half the world's population, is growing by 51 million every year. It is estimated that annual rice production in the region will have to increase by over 200 million to more than 700 million tonnes by the year 2025 to feed the growing population. This will have to be done using less land, less people, less water and fewer pesticides than before. The studies review the status of r egional rice production, focusing on the gaps between potential and actual yields in the nine countries. The meeting noted that this was sizeable and ranged from 10 to 60 percent. While taking account of the factors responsible for this, the experts agreed that only a part of the yield gap could be bridged using currently available know-how.

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