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Integrated rice-duck farming system, developed from “raising ducks in paddy fields”, is one of China’s traditional agriculture practices and is encouraged for safe production of rice in China, Japan and other countries in Southeast Asia. To study the effects of ducks on the growth characteristics of rice, a mechanical stimulation...
China
article de journal
2012
Agricultural land provides not only food and fiber (important elements of food security), but also serves as non-market commodity with characteristic externalities and public services. Payments for paddy ecosystem services promote farmers’ engagement in ecological or organic agricultural practices and agro-ecological/environmental supply. Standard of payments for ecosystem services is one...
China
article de journal
2012
The Hani Rice Terraces System is one of the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS) sites approved by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). With the development of modern agriculture and tourism, the terraces face several threats, especially from the agricultural sector. Using Zuofu and Mitian Villages of Jiayin Town (Honghe...
China
article de journal
2012
In the past 30 years after the economic reform, agricultural production in China has shifted from traditional to modern agriculture. This has featured high input, high consumption and high productivity agriculture in the country. Although modern agriculture has greatly improved food production in China, it has also exerted huge pressures...
China
article de journal
2012
Due to advances in science and technology and intensive utilization of land, significant agricultural achievements have been attained at the expense certain eco-agricultural and environmental problems. At the same time, it has also been noted that some traditional farming methods are uniquely advantageous regarding adaptation to climate change, ecosystem services...
China
article de journal
2012
Raising ducks in paddy fields is a traditional agricultural model in China. Field experiments were conducted in rice-duck mutualist ecosystems in the double rice cropping region of Hunan Province during May to October of 2010. A conventional rice field was used as the control. The characteristics of nutrient return and...
China
article de journal
2012
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