Precision land leveling for sustainable rice production: case studies in Cambodia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, and India

Laser-controlled land leveling (LLL) can help improve rice production's spatial and temporal management, leading to optimized water and crop management. This research resulted in sustainable performance indicators to illustrate that LLL is a sustainable technology for rice production. The assessment...

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Main Authors: Nguyen-Van-Hung, Balingbing, Carlito, Sandro, Joseph, Khandai, Suryakanta, Chea, Hong, Songmethakrit, Thanach, Meas, Pyseth, Hitzler, Gerald, Zwick, Walter, Viriyangkura, Ladda, Bautista, Elmer, Gummert, Martin
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Language:Inglés
Published: Springer 2022
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/164084
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author Nguyen-Van-Hung
Balingbing, Carlito
Sandro, Joseph
Khandai, Suryakanta
Chea, Hong
Songmethakrit, Thanach
Meas, Pyseth
Hitzler, Gerald
Zwick, Walter
Viriyangkura, Ladda
Bautista, Elmer
Gummert, Martin
author_browse Balingbing, Carlito
Bautista, Elmer
Chea, Hong
Gummert, Martin
Hitzler, Gerald
Khandai, Suryakanta
Meas, Pyseth
Nguyen-Van-Hung
Sandro, Joseph
Songmethakrit, Thanach
Viriyangkura, Ladda
Zwick, Walter
author_facet Nguyen-Van-Hung
Balingbing, Carlito
Sandro, Joseph
Khandai, Suryakanta
Chea, Hong
Songmethakrit, Thanach
Meas, Pyseth
Hitzler, Gerald
Zwick, Walter
Viriyangkura, Ladda
Bautista, Elmer
Gummert, Martin
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description Laser-controlled land leveling (LLL) can help improve rice production's spatial and temporal management, leading to optimized water and crop management. This research resulted in sustainable performance indicators to illustrate that LLL is a sustainable technology for rice production. The assessment was conducted in Cambodia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, and India. Benefits of LLL include saving land use, water, and agronomic inputs, increasing yield, and decreasing postharvest losses resulting in saving energy of 3.0–6.9 GJ ha−1and decreasing emissions by 1151–1486 kg CO2-eq ha−1. Additionally, LLL application can obtain a net profit of USD 52–84 ha−1per rice production season in the countries studied. The result demonstrated that LLL is a sustainable technology as well as strongly supports sustainable rice production. The study would lead to better adoption of this technology through its evidence-based promotion.
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spelling CGSpace1640842025-02-19T14:26:29Z Precision land leveling for sustainable rice production: case studies in Cambodia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, and India Nguyen-Van-Hung Balingbing, Carlito Sandro, Joseph Khandai, Suryakanta Chea, Hong Songmethakrit, Thanach Meas, Pyseth Hitzler, Gerald Zwick, Walter Viriyangkura, Ladda Bautista, Elmer Gummert, Martin biological sciences agriculture Laser-controlled land leveling (LLL) can help improve rice production's spatial and temporal management, leading to optimized water and crop management. This research resulted in sustainable performance indicators to illustrate that LLL is a sustainable technology for rice production. The assessment was conducted in Cambodia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, and India. Benefits of LLL include saving land use, water, and agronomic inputs, increasing yield, and decreasing postharvest losses resulting in saving energy of 3.0–6.9 GJ ha−1and decreasing emissions by 1151–1486 kg CO2-eq ha−1. Additionally, LLL application can obtain a net profit of USD 52–84 ha−1per rice production season in the countries studied. The result demonstrated that LLL is a sustainable technology as well as strongly supports sustainable rice production. The study would lead to better adoption of this technology through its evidence-based promotion. 2022-10 2024-12-19T12:53:27Z 2024-12-19T12:53:27Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/164084 en Open Access Springer Nguyen-Van-Hung, ; Nguyen-Van-Hung; Balingbing, Carlito; Sandro, Joseph; Khandai, Suryakanta; Chea, Hong; Songmethakrit, Thanach; Meas, Pyseth; Hitzler, Gerald; Zwick, Walter; Viriyangkura, Ladda; Bautista, Elmer and Gummert, Martin. 2022. Precision land leveling for sustainable rice production: case studies in Cambodia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, and India. Precision Agric, Volume 23 no. 5 p. 1633-1652
spellingShingle biological sciences
agriculture
Nguyen-Van-Hung
Balingbing, Carlito
Sandro, Joseph
Khandai, Suryakanta
Chea, Hong
Songmethakrit, Thanach
Meas, Pyseth
Hitzler, Gerald
Zwick, Walter
Viriyangkura, Ladda
Bautista, Elmer
Gummert, Martin
Precision land leveling for sustainable rice production: case studies in Cambodia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, and India
title Precision land leveling for sustainable rice production: case studies in Cambodia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, and India
title_full Precision land leveling for sustainable rice production: case studies in Cambodia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, and India
title_fullStr Precision land leveling for sustainable rice production: case studies in Cambodia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, and India
title_full_unstemmed Precision land leveling for sustainable rice production: case studies in Cambodia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, and India
title_short Precision land leveling for sustainable rice production: case studies in Cambodia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, and India
title_sort precision land leveling for sustainable rice production case studies in cambodia thailand philippines vietnam and india
topic biological sciences
agriculture
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/164084
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