by
K.L. Heong
International Rice Research Institute
Los Baños Philippines
The brown planthopper problems in Central Thailand have intensified. The Bangkok Post reports that Thailand could reduce the 2009/10 rice production forecast of 23.51 million tonnes by 1.1 million tonnes. Starting in July 2009, hopperburn has spread to 18 provinces in the Central Thailand. Some of the [...]
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by
M.M. Escalada and K.L. Heong
Department of Development Communication, Visayas State University, Leyte, Philippines, and
International Rice Research Institute, Los Baños, Philippines
About 12 years ago we wrote a paper on farmers’ cognitive dissonance when we presented them with new information that leaf folders need not be sprayed and if they do not use any insecticides in [...]
Filed under: Communication and policy analyses, Planthoppers | Tagged: cognitive dissonance among plant protection officials in some Asian countries, procedural and political rationality in plant protection | Leave a Comment »
by
K.L. Heong
International Rice Research Institute
Los Banos, Philippines
The UN Climate Change Conference was held in Copenhagen, Denmark to develop consensus among nations on ways to address climate change mitigation and adaptation. In preparation for the Conference the UN Environment Program (UNEP) published the document Climate Change Science Compendium http://www.unep.org/pdf/ccScienceCompendium2009/cc_ScienceCompendium2009_full_en.pdfoutlining the range of impact scenarios covering sea [...]
Filed under: Ecological engineering | Tagged: climate change and agriculture, Climate change science compendium | Leave a Comment »
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K.L. Heong and I.R. Choi
International Rice Research Institute
Los Baños, Philippines
The Vice Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam, Dr Bui Ba Bong, announced the formation of an IRRI-China-Vietnam consortium to address concerns of the potential threat the new virus disease carried by the white back planthopper (WBPH) can pose to rice production in Vietnam [...]
Filed under: Planthoppers, Virus disease management | Tagged: Southern Black Streak Dwarf virus | 1 Comment »
