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Rice Drying in South Vietnam
No full textVietnam faces a grain drying and storage problem common to many developing nations with extensive plantings of new high-yielding, early maturing varieties. Sharp increases in yields, with some wet season harvests, bring into sharp focus the need for new grain drying methods. The attached study analyzes the drying problem associated with Vietnam's accelerated rice pro? duction program. It recommends solutions. Much of the analysis and many of the recommendations contained in this report are relevant to other nations where high yielding rices are being introduced
Bibliography of Research on Utilization of Rice in the Western Marketing and Nutrition Research Division, 1947-1970
No full textThis bibliography summarizes research publications and patents from 1947 to 1970 under the supervision of the Western Division. It is divided into the following sections: food and processing; composition and quality; storage, drying and milling; byproducts; general and survey; and patents. An introduction and an author index are include
Farm [Real Estate] Investments of Life Insurance Companies
No full textExcerpts: Life insurance companies are the chief institutional lenders so far as the dollar amount of farm real estate loans held is concerned. At the beginning of 1955, these companies held a record proportion – more than 25 percent – of total farm-mortgage debt. This report deals primarily with farm-mortgage experience and related items for life insurance companies during 1954 as compared with the previous year, although some comparisons with earlier years are included
Survey of Insect Pests and Plant Diseases of Selected Food Crops in Mexico, Central America, and Panama
No full textContents: Introduction --- Reasons for the Survey --- Objectives of the Survey --- Diseases of a Selected Group of the Economically Important Crops of Central America --- Factors to Be Modified in Order to Improve Entomological and Pathological Know-How in Central America and Panama --- Appendix I – Losses Due to Insects on Some Crops in Central America and Panama --- Appendix II – A General List of Insect Pests of a Selected Group of Economically Important Crops of Central America --- Appendix III – General List of Insects --- Appendix IV – Phylum, Class, Order, and Family Names --- Appendix V - A Checklist of the Diseases of a Selected Group of the Economically Important Crops of Central America --- Summary of Loss Leaders from Checklist of Diseases of Central American Economically Important Crops
Power Cuts in Sri Lanka 2012: A Critical Review
No full textThis report analyses the explanations provided by the government in announcements regarding scheduled power cuts in 2012. The standard explanations for power cuts were: (i) Unexpectedly high growth in demand; (ii) Shortage in generation capacity (iii) Reduced rainfall in catchment areas; and (iv) Breakdown of the Chinese built coal power station. Using data and analysis, this brief concludes that the first two reasons are incorrect and that the third and fourth reasons are only partial explanations. The brief then infers a hidden explanation for the power cuts—the unprecedented aggressive exploitation of hydropower since 2010
Assessment of water quality of the Dhuppani waterfall and its advantages for the inhabitants of the Rangamati Hill Tracts, Bangladesh
No full textThe present investigation aimed to evaluate seasonal fluctuations in water quality parameters of the Dhuppani waterfall, located in Rangamati, Bangladesh, with the goal of supporting local inhabitants and aquatic ecosystem conservation. Sampling was carried out over a one-year period from July 2022 to June 2023, encompassing the pre-monsoon, monsoon, and post-monsoon seasons. Water samples were collected from three designated stations and analyzed at the Water Quality Laboratory of the Department of Environmental Science and Resource Management, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail, Bangladesh. The parameters assessed included temperature, water transparency, electrical conductivity (EC), total dissolved solids (TDS), dissolved oxygen (DO), biological oxygen demand (BOD), pH, total alkalinity (TA), and total hardness (TH). The measured values ranged as follows: temperature (12.10 to 23.10°C), transparency (25 to 130 cm), EC (155 to 217 µS/cm), TDS (71 to 111 mg/L), DO (5.8 to 8.7 mg/L), BOD (0.49 to 1.05 mg/L), pH (6.10 to 8.20), TA (125 to 212 mg/L), and TH (72 to 185 mg/L). Analysis revealed that temperature, TDS, and BOD peaked during the pre-monsoon period and gradually declined through the monsoon and post-monsoon seasons. Conversely, EC and pH levels were found to be highest in the post-monsoon season, followed by the pre-monsoon and monsoon periods. Total alkalinity was at its maximum during the monsoon season, decreasing progressively in the post-monsoon and pre-monsoon phases. In contrast, total hardness showed a peak in the post-monsoon, followed by the monsoon, with the lowest values recorded during the pre-monsoon season. In the waterfalls, DO was higher in the monsoon season when compared to the post-monsoon and pre-monsoon seasons. Those physicochemical parameters furnish insights into water quality, ecosystem health, and potential water-related activities. The study provides baseline data on water quality from waterfalls in the Rangamati hill regions, which contributes to the long-term conservation of these aquatic ecosystems for human consumption and aquatic resource management
Rice Crop of the United States, 1712-1911
No full textProduction, Value, Domestic Imports, Imports, and Consumption of Rice for the United States, 1712-1911
The Market Outlook and Prospective Competition for United States Rice in Asia, the Near East, and Europe – A Report of a Survey of the Rice Situation in Asia, the Near East, and Europe in 1948
No full textExcerpt from the report Foreword: The United States rice industry depends upon export outlets for about 40 percent of the domestic production of its grain. Because of the need for the appraisal of the factors that will contribute to the determination of levels of production and consumption of, and international trade in, rice in major exporting and importing areas of the world, thus affecting the export market for rice produced in the United States, a study of the situation was made in producing countries of the Far East, the Near East, and southern Europe and in importing countries of western Europe during the period, March-August 1948
The Market Outlook and Prospective Competition for United States Rice in the Western Hemisphere
No full textExcerpt from the report Foreword: This report presents the results of a survey of the rice-producing and consuming countries of the Western Hemisphere which was made in the summer of 1949 in the interests of, the United States rice industry. The study had two major objectives: (1) To appraise the probable competition to be expected from the surplus-rice areas of Latin America, and (2) to evaluate the possibilities of marketing United States rice in the deficit-rice areas of the Western Hemisphere. Other objectives included a descriptive study of the production, milling, and marketing methods in the major areas to accumulate a background of basic facts for use in appraising changes that occur in these areas in the future