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The island continent of AUSTRALIA is surrounded by the Tasman and Coral Seas to the east, the Arafura and Timor Seas to the north, and the Indian Ocean to the west and south. Australia is about the same size as the continental United States, but its population in 1999 of 18.7 million is only about 7% of that of the United States. The western two-thirds of the continent ranges from hyperarid to semiarid. The majority of the population lives along the relatively well-watered eastern and southeastern coasts. The climate ranges from the warm humid tropics to cool subtropics. Agriculture contributes about 4% to GDP. The main feature of Australian agriculture is the dominance of large-scale dryland farming and grazing systems. Most irrigated agriculture is found in the Murray-Darling Basin in New South Wales. Irrigated agriculture represents 16% of the value of agricultural production; about 5% of the value of irrigated agriculture is rice. General information • GNI per capita PPP$, 2000: 24,970 • Internal renewable water resources: 343 km 3 • Main food consumed: meat, wheat, sugar and honey, oil and fat, milk • Rice consumption, 1999: 7.9 kg milled rice per person per year Production season Planting Harvesting Main season, New South Wales Oct Mar-Apr Main season, West Australia Nov Apr-May Production constraints Rice yield and production have increased substantially since 1990. The national yield in 2000 was the world's highest. The following are the major constraints to sustainable rice production in Australia: • Stagnation of the yield potential of rice varieties • Limited water supply for irrigation • Increasing salinity of rice soils • Low temperature • High production costs • Increasing concern about environmental degradation 132 Rice almanac
Percent 100 Index (1966 = 100) 800 80 Calorie share Protein share 600 Production Area Yield 60 40 400 20 200 0 1966 1971 1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 1999 Share of calories and protein from rice, 1966-99 0 1966 1971 1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 2000 Indices of rice production, area, and yield, 1966-2000 The scale on this graph is not comparable with the scale on production, area, and yield graphs for most other countries. Kg/capita 500 400 300 200 100 0 1966 1971 1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 1999 Per capita production (paddy terms), 1966-99 Percent 100 80 60 40 Exports 20 0 –20 –40 –60 Imports –80 –100 1966 1971 1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 1999 Net trade status, 1966-99 Basic statistics, Australia 1985 1990 1995 1998 1999 2000 Rice Area harvested (ha) 122,049 104,545 118,893 140,000 120,000 145,000 Yield (t/ha) 7.1 8.8 8.5 9.9 9.0 9.7 Production (t) 864,000 924,000 1,015,830 1,390,000 1,084,000 1,400,000 Rice imports (t) 9,562 27,164 31,000 37,156 49,914 na Paddy imports (t) 1 673 154 40 11 na Rice exports (t) 341,411 424,287 541,848 551,775 668,591 na Paddy exports (t) 0 24 431 25,036 71,426 na Others Population, total (×10 3 ) 15,637 16,884 17,942 18,517 18,701 na Population, agriculture (×10 3 ) 937 931 898 878 871 na Agricultural area (×10 3 ha) 472,960 464,481 463,348 472,000 na na Irrigated agricultural area (×10 3 ha) 1,700 1,832 2,400 2,400 na na Total fertilizer consumption (t) 1,155,000 1,163,700 1,867,400 2,110,000 na na Tractors used in agric. (no.) 322,000 317,000 315,000 315,000 na na Source: FAOSTAT online database. Rice around the world 133
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Third Edition Source Book for the M
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Contents Foreword v Acknowledgments
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Foreword The first edition of the R
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The facts of rice Production Rice f
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Transplanting is the planting of 1-
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Ecogeographic differentiation Indic
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Table 3. World rice area, yield, an
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from working on these farms. In the
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The rice plant and its ecology Morp
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Flag leaf blade Axis Spikelet (flor
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Table 1. Typical profile of a flood
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Korea 8 CHINA 8 5 6 Japan 5 PAKISTA
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growth duration (around 100 d), gre
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and high levels of exchangeable Al.
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In these environments, rice yields
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insects, spiders, and microorganism
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Predator movements between habitats
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Wolf spiders feed on a range of ins
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terraces of the northern Philippine
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precursors of vitamin A—beta-caro
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Hybrid breeding has also begun with
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UV radiation effects UV-B radiation
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year, was actually less than 19 mil
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herbicide was present, these select
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2. Water-limited production. 3. Wat
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tive mechanisms of the three intern
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Integrated Natural Resource Managem
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evaluate prototype technologies for
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eaches of river systems, in which a
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to be combined in a coherent and co
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natural resource base. To fulfill t
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objectives are to focus rice-sector
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Drying rice in southern Vietnam. sc
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Table 1. Production and consumption
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Table 3. Population growth versus r
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Table 4. Comparison of domestic ric
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Rice in Europe and the Mediterranea
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flooding the rice field to stimulat
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Rice in North America Rice in North
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Large-scale mechanized rice farmers
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Rice in Latin America and the Carib
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Experimental rice plots in Uruguay.
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Page 128 and 129: consumption of cassava. Rice suppli
Page 132 and 133: AFGHANISTAN is a landlocked country
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Page 138 and 139: BHUTAN, surrounded by India and Chi
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Page 142 and 143: BURKINA FASO, previously Upper Volt
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Page 158 and 159: The DOMINICAN REPUBLIC occupies an
Page 160 and 161: ECUADOR, on the tropical Pacific co
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Page 164 and 165: FRANCE, in western Europe, consists
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Page 170 and 171: GREECE, in the eastern Mediterranea
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Lao PDR is an elongated, landlocked
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LIBERIA, whose coast is known as th
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MADAGASCAR, a large island east of
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MALAYSIA consists of a peninsula, b
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MALI, one of the larger West Africa
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MAURITANIA is a large West African
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MEXICO, at the southern end of Nort
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MOZAMBIQUE extends nearly 2,500 km
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NEPAL is a small (141,000 km 2 ) co
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NICARAGUA, a small country of 130,0
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NIGER is one of the larger Central
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NIGERIA is the most populous countr
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PAKISTAN, a South Asian country fac
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PARAGUAY, a relatively small landlo
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PERU faces the Pacific Ocean on the
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PORTUGAL, the westernmost country o
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The RUSSIAN FEDERATION in northern
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SENEGAL is a West African country f
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SIERRA LEONE, between Guinea and Li
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SPAIN, in southwestern Europe, has
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SRI LANKA, a small island at the so
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SURINAME is a small Latin American
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TANZANIA is a large country between
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TURKEY, a diverse land of 780,000 k
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The UNITED STATES, occupying the ce
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URUGUAY, a relatively small South A
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VENEZUELA forms part of the norther
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Rice-related databases Inquiries ca
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7. Name: RICE ECOSYSTEMS Location:
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22. Name: NURSERIES Location: CIAT
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37. Name: PERIO Location: WARDA Lib
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52. Name: IR64 MUTANT DATABASE Loca
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India Indonesia Japan 1 quintal = 1
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Egypt Ghana Guyana Malawi Mexico Pa
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Rice facts Freshwater resources per
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Rice facts RICE PRODUCTION Selected
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