Overview
- Provides a comparative analysis of rice farming in four countries sharing the Mekong environment based on detailed field studies of farmers, input suppliers, processors, and marketing agents
- Presents a localized, differentiated, farm-household perspective of rice policies and traces rice value chains across borders in Southeast Asia
- Identifies the drivers and trajectories of rice-based farming systems in this dynamic environment
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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A Sticky Situation
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In Pursuit of White Gold
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Keywords
- Open access
- Rice farming in Mainland Southeast Asia
- Commercialisation of rice farming in the Lower Mekong Basin
- Smallholder agricultural development in Southeast Asia
- Rice value chains in Southeast Asia
- Technological change in agriculture in Southeast Asia
- Intensification of rice farming in Southeast Asia
- Diversification of farming systems in Southeast Asia
- Agricultural policy in Southeast Asia
- Rice Farming in Thailand
- Rice Farming in Laos
- Rice Farming in Vietnam
- Rice-Based Farming Systems in the Mekong Delta
- Cross-Border Trade in Rice from Cambodia to Vietnam
- Cross-Border Trade in Sticky Rice from Laos to Vietnam
- Credit use by Rice Farmers in Southeast Asia
- Supply of Fertiliser for Rice Farming in Southeast Asia
- Irrigation in Rice Farming in Southeast Asia
- Rainfed Rice Farming in Southeast Asia
- Farmer Organizations in Southeast Asia
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: White Gold: The Commercialisation of Rice Farming in the Lower Mekong Basin
Editors: Rob Cramb
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0998-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-0997-1Published: 30 January 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-1000-7Published: 11 September 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-0998-8Published: 03 January 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVIII, 456
Number of Illustrations: 70 b/w illustrations
Topics: Agricultural Economics, Development and Sustainability, Human Geography, Asian Economics, Asian Politics