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2007. 688 pages. 24.4x17.2. 0 grams. Price: HDC US$180.00;  LDC US$65.00; 10% pre-order discount available from Earthscan Publications. For orders worldwide or more information, go to the Earthscan online bookshop.  ISBN 1844073963. Water for Food, Water for Life Edited by David Molden Product ID: OTH009 This comprehensive assessment of the world’s water, written by experts with research from over 700 leading specialists, critically evaluates current thinking on water and its interplay with agriculture, charting the way forward with concrete actions from management to policy level across all countries and territories. After framing the main issues and providing a comprehensive examination of trends and scenarios in world water management, the book critically examines the cross-cutting issues of reducing poverty, reforming institutions for sustainable water management, avoiding or mitigating ecosystem impacts, and improving water productivity. Thematic chapters follow, covering such key issues in water management as irrigation, groundwater use, inland fisheries, rice cultivation, land conservation, and river basin management and development. Chapter 14 discusses the importance of water in rice production. Available directly from Earthscan Publications, in paperback (ISBN 1844073963, $65.00/£34.95) and hardback (ISBN 1844073971, $180.00/£95.00).

2007. Price: Click here to order the book from Philrice  ISBN 978-971-9081-39-5. Rice Black Bugs: Taxonomy, Ecology, and Management of Invasive Species Edited by Ravindra C. Joshi, Alberto T. Barrion, and Leocadio S. Sebastian Product ID: OTH200 As suggested by Dr. Hans Rudolf Herren, an internationally acclaimed entomologist and recipient of the 1995 World Food Prize, farmers should learn more about ecological and sustainable management options for Rice Black Bug (RBB) to prevent crop losses and diminish environmental damage at the same time. This book includes ecologically-sound management approached to RRB outbreaks, as well as country reports of RBB invasions in other rice-growing countries. Co-published with the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), DOST-Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCARRD) and the DA-Bureau of Agricultural Research (DA-BAR) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), this reference material reinterprets old problems and introduces new ecological techniques for RBB management.

2006. 124 pages. Price: HDC US$16.95;  LDC US$16.95; ISBN 0-615-13399-1. Little Book on Hybrid Rice Economics, The Robin Andrews Product ID: OTH010 The Little Book on Hybrid Rice Economics is a comprehensive guide to the economic evaluation of rice hybrids. Plant breeders, agronomists, farmers, seed producers and administrators involved in hybrid rice development and production will learn the economic criteria that determine product viability and understand why some hybrids fail and others succeed. With a foreword by Yuan Longping, the father of hybrid rice, this book takes the reader through the traits and factors which determine the economic value of a hybrid and the development of a model for determining product viability.

2006. 600 pages. 7.78 x 25.4. 1600 grams. Price: HDC US$102.00;  LDC US$52.00; For orders, please go to Philrice  ISBN 978-971-9081-31-9. Global Advances in the Ecology and Management of Golden Apple Snails Edited by Dr. Ravindra C. Joshi and Dr. Leocadio S. Sebastian Product ID: OTH008 This 600-page, hardbound publication features all information so far known about golden apple snails (GAS) and the rice systems and countries they have afflicted. Some 24 chapters cover various aspects of snail taxonomy (traditional as well as molecular tools), impacts of GAS on aquatic ecosystems and farmers' health, pesticide abuse/misuse, country reports from GAS-invaded territories, utilization of GAS as food and as natural paddy weeder, the biorational approach in its management and control, and more.

2006. 336 pages. Price: HDC US$130.00;  For all orders worldwide, please go to the CABI Web site.  ISBN 1845931076. Environment and Livelihoods in Tropical Coastal Zones: Managing Agriculture- Fishery-Aquaculture Conflicts (Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Series, No. 2) Edited by C T Hoanh, T P Tuong, J W Gowing, and B Hardy Product ID: OTH007 This book focuses on the challenges people face in managing agricultural crops, aquaculture, fisheries, and related ecosystems in inland areas of coastal zones in the tropics of Asia, Africa, Australia, and South America. These challenges can create conflicts in the use of natural resources between different stakeholders. Through many case studies, the book discusses the nature of the conflicts and identifies what is known and not known about how to manage them. For example, some case studies relate to the trade-offs between enhancing agricultural production by constructing embankments to keep out saline water and maintaining not only the variety of rural livelihoods but also brackish aquatic biodiversity. Other case studies provide the lessons learnt from the conversion of mangrove forests to shrimp farms. Please click here to view PDF file.

2006. 271 pages. 13x21cm. 368 grams. Price: AU$24.95 (plus S&H). For all orders worldwide, please go to the Sid Harta Web site.  ISBN 1-921206-08-X. Sharing Rice Peter Fredenburg and Bob Hill Product ID: OTH006 A modern, diversified economy rises on the foundation of a productive, prosperous countryside. For Laos and its neighbors in the Greater Mekong Subregion—Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Chinese province of Yunnan—this means farm families earning secure livelihoods as they produce reliable harvests of affordable rice. Sharing Rice explores the agricultural research initiatives and international partnerships that help lay this foundation for sustainable and enduring prosperity.

2004. 320 pages. 17 x 24 cm. Price: Price: EUR 22.00 In French only Orders can be placed at the Web site of Éditions Belin. Please visit www.editions-belin.fr  ISBN . LE RIZ Enjeux écologiques et économiques Guy Trébuil and Mahabub Hossain Product ID: Le Riz Le riz nourrit plus de la moitié des habitants de la planète et les rizicultures jouent un rôle-clé dans le maintien de la stabilité sociale et le développement économique de grands pays comme la Chine, l’Inde et l’Indonésie... Mais la croissance de la production se ralentit alors que la population augmente. D’où viendront les innovations indispensables pour gagner le défi rizicole du XXIe siècle ? Une synthèse sans équivalent sur les grands types de rizicultures, les grands défis de la recherche et du développement rizicole dans le monde. Une expérience unique de terrain apportée par les deux auteurs. De nombreux exemples de travaux de recherche conduits en Asie. De multiples cartes et figures inédites; les analyses et statistiques les plus récentes. Les auteurs Guy Trébuil est agronome et directeur de recherche au Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD) et détaché depuis dix ans auprès de l’Institut international de recherche sur le riz (IRRI). Mahabub Hossain est économiste et leader de la Division des sciences sociales de l’IRRI aux Philippines.

2004. 160 pages. 9.75 x 12. Price: Price: USD 40. For all orders worldwide, please go to the Lonely Planet Web site.  ISBN 1-74104-309-3. Rice Trails: A Journey Through the Ricelands of Asia & Australia (1st Edition) Photographs by Richard I'Anson, Words by Tony Wheeler Product ID: OTH003 Rice is the world's most important food (in calories consumed it's number one) but also the most beautiful. Whether its dropping down a hillside in the Philippines, China or Indonesia, each step a little masterpiece of artistic perfection, or sweeping across laser-leveled 'bays' in pancake-flat Australia. it's always stunning. Every step from field to plate has a story to tell of planting, growing, harvesting, processing, trading, consuming or simply celebrating. Scientifically rice was a keystone in the 1960s 'Green Revolution,' the great leap forward which banished the centuries old specter of famine in Asia. Rice Trails tells the fascinating story.

2004. 552 pages. 8.5 x 11. Price: Price: USD 60. For all orders worldwide, please go to the University of Washington Press Web site  ISBN 0-930741-98-6. The Art of Rice: Spirit and Sustenance in Asia Roy W. Hamilton et al. Product ID: OTH004 The term Asia is a problematic and highly artificial construct, because hardly anything--not language, religion, politics, or even geography--unites this huge area. Within the context of this study, however--which focuses on parts of South, Southeast, and East Asia (home to the vast majority of the population)--there exists a unifying factor of paramount significance: rice. Not only is rice the staple food in these regions, it is the focal point of a pervasive set of interrelated beliefs and practices. For those who consume it, this foodstuff is considered divinely given and is felt to sustain them in a special way, one that may be understood as constitutional and even spiritual. This volume explores beliefs and practices relating to rice as they are made manifest in the unique arts and material cultures of the various peoples considered. Incorporating essays by 27 authorities representing a wide variety of cultures and writing from diverse perspectives, the book is astounding in its polyphony. The thirty-five lavishly illustrated essays describe rice-related rituals and beliefs in parts of Thailand, Nepal, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Japan, China, and Korea. Throughout, the juxtaposition of magnificent photo- graphs of works of art--paintings, prints, ceramics, textiles, lacquerware, and sculpture--with objects of a more humble nature--agricultural implements, rice-straw ornaments, cooking utensils, baskets, puppets, votive plaques, and more--serves to indicate the striking pervasiveness of rice in all aspects and all walks of life. Wedding ceremonies, parades, festivals, celebrations of birth, rites held to honor the rice goddess, and those performed to ensure success at every step in the rice-growing cycle are vividly described and illustrated with striking field photographs. The whole gives the reader the rare opportunity to compare similarities and differences in how a rich array of Asian cultures views the food that nourishes them.

2004. 304 pages. 15.20 x 22.90 cm. Price: Price: GBP 95.00; EUR 142.50; USD 139.95 All orders must be made through John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Click here to go to Wiley’s Web site to order this book. Wiley Europe only ships books to the UK, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Japan. Click here for more detailed ordering information at Wiley.  ISBN 0470863013. The Biogeochemistry of Submerged Soils Guy Kirk Product ID: 0470863013 Submerged soils and the wetlands they support are of huge practical importance: in global element cycles, as centers of biodiversity, in global food production. They are also uniquely interesting scientifically because of their peculiar biogeochemistry and the adaptations of plants and microbes to it. This book describes the physical, chemical, and biological processes operating in submerged soils and governing their properties. It describes the transport processes controlling the fluxes of gases and solutes through the soil; the interchange of solutes between solid, liquid and gas phases; reduction and oxidation processes; biological processes in the soil and overlying water; and processes in the roots and rhizospheres of wetland plants. The dynamics of nutrients, toxins, pollutants and trace gases are then discussed in terms of these processes and in relation to wetland productivity and global element cycles. Written by a former IRRI soil chemist who is a renowned expert in the field, this work will be invaluable to earth, environmental and agricultural scientists concerned with natural or man-made wetlands, and to advanced undergraduate and graduate students of these topics.

2004. 313 pages. Price: Price: US$14.95 plus $5.05 shipping. For all orders worldwide, please go to the Sid Harta Web site.   ISBN 1877059730. The Burning of the Rice Don W. Puckridge Product ID: OTH002 This book provides a moving account and exciting saga of the impact of science with an intriguing human side. It is about people and their work and challenges in rescuing Cambodia from famine. Men, women, and children who lived under the shadows of war and the terrible time of the Khmer Rouge who were desperately weak from starvation when it ended. It is about people like Ngak Chhay Heng and Phaloeun who survived to be part of the restoration of food production and of their friends and families who left only a trace of their existence. It is about expatriates who dedicated a substantial part of their working lives in helping the people of Cambodia to produce the food they needed to fill their stomachs and become self-sufficient. It is about how people from many different organizations saw the benefits of collaboration and worked for a common goal, and about those organizations and people in positions of authority who had the wisdom to support their efforts.

2003. 492 pages. Price: Price: US$20.00 Phil. price PhP1,000.00. For all orders worldwide, contact PhilRice: nmalabanan@philrice.gov.ph; IRRI accepts in-campus orders only – contact riceworldbookstore@cgiar.org  Postage and handling:   foreign orders US$7.00 local orders PhP 350.00 ISBN 971-9081-18-X. Rice Chemistry and Quality Bienvenido O. Juliano, Ph. D. Product ID: OTH001 Authored by a national scientist in the field of chemistry, this book explores the rice grain and its intricacies as food and food derivative proving that rice is indeed life. It has 10 chapters in which the author explored the nutritive value of rice that may lead scientists into rethinking the “reengineering” of rice to add nutrients that can make the grain a more healthful source of vitamins and mineral. The book also describes the economic importance of rice and its by-products such as bran, hull, and straw. Not only it is useful to researchers, but also to dieticians or nutritionists, environmentalists, students, and other rice advocates whose interests go beyond rice itself.

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