Rice Almanac, 3rd Edition

Rice Almanac, 3rd Edition

Readership
A reference work for those working in crop science, agricultural economics and development

Key Features
• 8 chapters reviewing general issues on rice and its production
• 4-page entries for the top 10 rice-growing countries in the world
• 2-page entries of production statistics and trends for 54 other rice-producing countries (from Afghanistan, Argentina and Australia, to the USA, Uruguay and Venezuela)

Main Description
As a result of editions published in 1993 and 1997, the Rice Almanac has become a standard handbook that brings together general information about rice and data about rice production worldwide. The third edition has been fully updated and expanded to include more countries, and is the result of collaboration between the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), West Africa Rice Development Association (WARDA), Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United States.

Reviews
• "The book provides a directory of information and literature pertaining to rice. It no doubt will be a useful reference for nutrition scientists, agricultural scientists and food economist."
S Kowsalya, Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics, 41, 2004

Main Contents
Introduction
• Origin and diffusion of rice
• Genetic diversity of rice
• Rice-growing areas
• Rice production
Importance of Rice
• Rice as human food
• Specialty uses of rice
Morphology and Growth of the Rice Plant
• Morphology
• Wetlands and rice soils
Rice Environments
• Agroecological zones
• Irrigated rice ecosystem
• Rainfed lowland rice ecosystem
• Upland rice ecosystem
• Flood-prone rice ecosystem
Friends and Enemies in the Fields
• Pests
• Friends
International Issues
• The looming water crisis
• Adding vitamin A and other micronutrients
• Increasing yield potential
• Functional genomics
• Global climate change and rice
• Emission of greenhouse gases from rice fields
• Biotechnology issues
International Rice Research and Development
• FAO’s role
• International research centers
Rice around the World
• Rice and Food Security in Asia
• Rice in Europe and the Mediterranean
• Rice in North America
• Rice in Latin America and the Caribbean
• Rice in West Africa
The Top 10 Rice-producing Countries
• China
• India
• Indonesia
• Bangladesh
• Vietnam
• Thailand
• Myanmar
• Japan
• Philippines
• Brazil
Rice in other Countries
• Afghanistan
• Argentina
• Australia
• Bhutan
• Bolivia
• Burkina Faso
• Cambodia
• Cameroon
• Chad
• Colombia
• Congo DR
• Cτte d’Ivoire
• Cuba
• Dominican Republic
• Ecuador
• Egypt
• France
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Greece
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Guyana
• Iran
• Italy
• Korea DPR
• Korea, Republic of
• Lao DPR
• Liberia
• Madagascar
• Malaysia
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Mexico
• Mozambique
• Nepal
• Nicaragua
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Pakistan
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Portugal
• Russian Federation
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Spain
• Sri Lanka
• Suriname
• Tanzania
• Turkey
• USA
• Uruguay
• Venezuela
Rice-related Databases
Conversion Factors
Appendix Tables