caa a22 4500 47704655X CHVBK 20180405111332.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19961001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02866522 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02866522 Glutinous Rice and Its Importance for Hill Farmers in Laos [Elektronische Daten] [Walter Roder, Bounthanth Keoboulapha, Khouanheuane Vannalath, Bouakham Phouaravanh] Le riz gluant et son importance pour les paysan des collines au Laos Glutinous Rice and Its Importance for Hill Farmers in Laos. Economic Botany, 50(4): 401-408. 1996. Glutinous or waxy rice is the most important crop for subsistence farming economies in the hills of Northern Laos. Hill farmers continue to use traditional varieties only. Geographical and political isolation have contributed towards their preservation. Traditional varieties are mainly of the japonica type, have a good yield potential, are well adapted to the local conditions, and represent a wide genetic diversity. Farmers interviewed prefer varieties with large panicles, planted 2.7 varieties on average, with 17, 30 and 53% of the area planted to early, medium and late varieties, respectively. Out of 544 traditional cultivars 95% flowered within 88-120 days after planting. Crops planted together with rice in order of importance are: maize, cucumber, chili, taro, and sesame. Farmers reported annual milled rice production of 125 kg per capita and rice self-sufficiency for 8 months for 1992 and 1993. Maize, cassava, and products from the forest are major rice substitutes and food security in remote areas could best be improved by increasing production of maize and cassava in combination with livestock production systems. The New York Botanical Garden, 1996 slash-and-burn nationallicence sticky rice nationallicence waxy rice nationallicence traditional varieties nationallicence food security nationallicence Roder Walter International Rice Research Institute [IRRI], P.O. Box 933, 1099, Manila, Philippines aut Keoboulapha Bounthanth LAO-IRRI Project, Luang Prabang, LAO PDR aut Vannalath Khouanheuane LAO-IRRI Project, Luang Prabang, LAO PDR aut Phouaravanh Bouakham LAO-IRRI Project, Luang Prabang, LAO PDR aut Economic Botany Springer-Verlag 50/4(1996-10-01), 401-408 0013-0001 50:4<401 1996 50 12231 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02866522 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02866522 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Roder Walter International Rice Research Institute [IRRI], P.O. Box 933, 1099, Manila, Philippines aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Keoboulapha Bounthanth LAO-IRRI Project, Luang Prabang, LAO PDR aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Vannalath Khouanheuane LAO-IRRI Project, Luang Prabang, LAO PDR aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Phouaravanh Bouakham LAO-IRRI Project, Luang Prabang, LAO PDR aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Economic Botany Springer-Verlag 50/4(1996-10-01), 401-408 0013-0001 50:4<401 1996 50 12231 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer