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    Global rice demand: Is rice really becoming an inferior good? Mary Joanne Matriz‚1 Imelda Molina‚1 Harold Glenn Valera‚1 Samarendu Mohanty‚1 and Nelissa Jamora2 1 2 Social Sciences Division‚ International Rice Research Institute‚ Los Baños‚ Philippines; Agriculture‚ Food‚ and Resource Economics‚ Michigan State University‚ East Lansing‚ MI‚ USA. Previous studies by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO 1971)‚ Wong (1976)‚ Mears (1981)‚ and Ito et al (1989) implied that income elasticities

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    This method is‚ instead of being a technical strategy‚ a set of practices that are based on ideas and insights which contribute to the goal of creating a friendly environment for rice to fruitfully grow. The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) has its basic strategical ideas based on modification of management of seedlings‚ plants‚ soil‚ and water (3). Considering the simplicity of the tasks‚ farmers can adopt the practices relatively easily. The practices of this system are as follows (3): “seedlings

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    In the book “Under the Rice Moon” by Rhiannon Puck‚ the little swallow is sad. It was sad because all of the people that had bought it said that they would take care of it. None of the people understood the little swallow. The swallow just wanted to fly and be free “Under the Rice Moon”. That was the only way you could take care of it. The last person to receive the swallow was a little girl. The girl was sick‚ she knew what it was like not being able to get out of a small space

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    Under the Rice Moon makes a point using a bird who wants to be free. Through this birds situation‚ the author shows that it’s song can only be understood by the individual who doesn’t have any money or time spent on it. It also shows how busy someone can get‚ so that they stop listening or caring about the ones around them. This story also makes you realize and value your freedom. Though most of us were born with it‚ some aren’t‚ and the ones who have it should be grateful. The man who caught the

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    While Rice was never known for her own ideas‚ that never stopped her from being a powerful leader. Condoleezza was influential in the way that most women are not. While most women with leadership roles try getting to the top as fast and in whatever way possible‚ Condi was not like that. She used her power for what some people like to think‚ the greater good. People were not afraid of Rice‚ but more or less excited for her input. She was influential in ways most people did not see. While she may not

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    Tala Muhieddin Professor Natalie Sforza ENG101-04 4 October 2016 Manuel Muñoz’s "Leave Your Name at The Border" Muñoz structures his essay by sharing his personal stories with his readers. He shared the time when he finds real "intriguing" when he watches American people butcher his family’s name. He even shared the time when during graduation‚ a math teacher would perfectly pronounce the names of people from Spanish-speaking countries for the kids’ parents in the audience. Another structure he

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    In The Heights by Lin-Manuel Miranda is a multi-award winning classic musical. The story takes place in the poor neighborhood of Washington Heights and follows Nina‚ an eighteen year old college dropout. She has always made the grade‚ been the best and outshined others in her town. After getting a scholarship to Stanford‚ she is the first person in Washington Heights to go to college. After working jobs and all the homework‚ she wasn’t able to do it all. Now‚ she has to come home to all these people

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    The Rice Myth (Bohol) Long time ago all the land bordering the sea‚ was ruled by the mighty Aglao‚ the King of the “Spirit Hunters”. These spirits were powerful and numerous. Their chief recreation was to spend their time hunting deer‚ unless Aglao needed them to drive away to their common enemy‚ the terrible spirit of the sea‚ Bacobaco‚ who is also very fond of deer’s meat. He would transform as a giant turtle and then sally forth into the hunting grounds of the hunters and gorge himself with deer

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    American Rice Inc. in Vietnam American Rice’s strategy is to expand internationally by using one of the three main rice manufacturers in Vietnam. The horizontal integration with Vianafood allowed ARI to expand internationally and enter new markets. This expansion within the same industry was necessary for ARI in order to achieve an economy of scale. This venture brings ARI a larger customer base‚ bigger facilities‚ the first American rice maker in Vietnam‚ a larger work force‚ lower cost production

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    The most important problems faced by the Kole farmers with respect to rice mechanization are the unavailability of agro machineries in time‚ the increased rent of the machineries and absence of service facilities‚ and skilled work force for the specific farm machineries. The Kole farmers’ perceptions about the multidimensional implications of rice mechanization are given as below. Social‚ economic and environmental impacts Table 3 shows the perceptions of farmers on social‚ economic and environmental

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