Table of contents

• • Foreword, p.i
  • Acknowledgment, p.iii
  • Table of contents, p.v

• • Introduction — SALIBU rice ratoon cropping systems defeat the common knowledge of conventional ratooning, p.1
  • Our mission for ensuring to feed the future world population sustainably, p.1
  • Role of rice in the world, p.1
  • Another mission: ending hunger and eradicating poverty in developing regions, p.2
  • Solving the two missions and many problems at once — SALIBU rice ratoon cropping systems, p.4
  • Erdiman’s Challenge, p.5
  • Outline and purpose of this book, p.6

PART ONE: Technological introduction on the SALIBU rice ratoon cropping systems

• • Chapter 1: Review of studies on rice ratooning, p.9
  • Morphology, physiology and ratoon development earliness, p.10
  • Varietal potentiality, tillering capacity, and main crop growth duration, p.10
  • Harvest timing of the main crop and cutting height of the stubble, p.11
  • Water and fertilizer management, p.12
  • Differences between the traditional ratoon cropping and SALIBU rice ratoon cropping systems, p.13
  • Chapter 2: Encounter with SALIBU rice ratoon cropping systems and the launch of a research project, p.21
  • A fateful encounter with the SALIBU ratoon cropping systems and Mr. Erdiman, p.21
  • The first business trip report, p.22
  • Launching the research project on the SALIBU rice ratoon cropping systems, p. 23
  • Chapter 3: Beginning of joint research, p.25
  • Mr. Erdiman’s approach in Sumatra, p.25
  • Technology transfer from Sumatra to overseas for the first time, p.26
  • Field Survey in West Sumatra Province (May 2017), p.28

PART TWO: Studies on SALIBU rice ratoon cropping systems in three countries

• • Chapter 4: Change of yield in consecutive nine crops in large open-air pots – Myanmar I, p.31
  • Approach and method, p.31
  • Results and discussion, p.33
  • Conclusion and recommendations, p.35
  • Chapter 5: Comparison of water productivity by field cultivation test – Myanmar II, p.36
  • Introduction, p.36
  • Research methods, p.37
  • Results, p.41
  • Conclusion and recommendations, p.43
  • Additional cultivation tests to compare the different ways of cutting stems at harvest — number of times, timing, and position, p.45
  • Research methods, p.45
  • Results and discussion, p.48
  • Conclusion and recommendations, p.50
  • Chapter 6: Comparative field cultivation test for 33 cultivars- Myanmar III, p.52
  • Introduction, p.52
  • Materials and Methods, p.52
  • Data Gathering, p.59
  • Results and Discussion, p.60
  • Considerations and trial selection of suitable varieties for SALIBU cropping systems, p.65
  • Conclusion, p.68
  • Chapter 7: Introducing combine harvester into the field trial for 11 rice varieties and a cultivation test in a farmer’s field – Myanmar IV, p.71
  • Introducing a combine harvester into the field trial for 11 rice varieties, p.71
  • Materials and methods, p.72
  • Results and discussion, p.73
  • Conclusion and recommendations, p.80
  • Supplementary cultivation test in a farmer's field, p.81
  • Chapter 8: Profitability of SALIBU rice ratoon cropping systems - Indonesia, p.85
  • Introduction, p.85
  • SALIBU technology and using agricultural resources efficiently, p.88
  • Field experiments involving SALIBU technology in Indonesia, p.89
  • Profitability of SALIBU technology, p.92
  • Conclusion and recommendations, p.96
  • Chapter 9: Comparison of water productivity by field cultivation test – Ghana I, p.97
  • Introduction, p.97
  • Methods, p.99
  • Data collection, p.103
  • Results and discussion, p.104
  • Conclusion, p.109
  • Recommendations, p.109
  • Chapter 10: Cultivation by farmers in rain-fed paddy fields – Ghana II, p.111
  • Description of site, p.111
  • Methodology, p.111
  • Data collection and results, p.112
  • Conclusion and recommendations, p.113
  • Chapter 11: Farmer-Based Organizations — Ghana III, p.116
  • Introduction, p.116
  • Rice value chain in Ghana, p.116
  • Current status of rice farmers in Ghana, p.120
  • Current status of agricultural extension delivery services in Ghana, p.123
  • Establishment of the field study formation in Ghana, p.124
  • Policy target: Autonomous technology up-taking by FBOs with high centripetal force, p.127
  • Strengthening rice farmers’ FBO: Jointly invest funds in FBO and use them as collateral to get a loan from a bank to jointly purchase agricultural machinery, p.129
  • Results Achieved, p.135
  • Chapter 12: General considerations and conclusions, p.137
  • Characteristics of SALIBU rice ratoon cropping systems considering plant physiology, p.137
  • Conclusion and recommendations, p.138
  • Other points to keep in mind for the practical application of SALIBU rice ratoon cropping systems, p.139

• • Annex 1, p.142
  • References, p.158
  • Postscript, p.163
  • About authors with photos, p.164
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