World Rice Statistics 1990


Book Description

Rice production, area, and yield; Imports and exports; Food aida; Consumption and stocks; Domestic prices; World prices and tariff and nontariff measures; Land use, irrigation, and farm size; Population, labor force, and wages; Modern rice varieties; Fertilizer use and prices; Rice costs and returns.







Food and Evolution


Book Description

An unprecedented interdisciplinary effort suggests that there is a systematic theory behind why humans eat what they eat.




Appendix to the Rice Economy of Asia


Book Description

Originally published in 1985, Beth Rose’s Appendix to the Rice Economy of Asia provides twenty-six tables detailing various rice statistics across Asia from the beginning of the twentieth century through to the 1980’s. Statistics presented include; total crop area, rice production and yield, import and export, rice prices, farm wages and populations of countries or areas within Asia. This title will be of interest to students of Environmental Studies and Economics.







Rice Price Fluctuation and an Approach to Price Stabilization in Bangladesh


Book Description

Introduction; Price stabilization issues; Fluctuation in rice prices; Causes of luctuations in annual and seasonal prices; Intermarket links and regional prices; An approach to price stabilization.