Traditional Rice Cultivation in Kerala

Blakeney, Michael; Krishnankutty, Jayasree; Raju, Rajesh K.; Siddique, Kadambot H. M.

doi:10.1007/978-981-15-4611-2_10

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“…The reach of the legislation is impeded by relatively unclear objectives, and they are perceived to be not user friendly. Agricultural extension programs with the assistance of legal mechanism could address this situation (Blakeney et al, 2020a(Blakeney et al, , 2020b.…”

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“…The combined mean positive satisfaction percent stood at 48.4. It must be the poor reliability of the procurement system (Blakeney et al, 2020a) and low price/lack of premium price for traditional rice (Blakeney et al, 2020b) that mainly led to negative responses as is shown by Table 4. However, this does not necessarily reflect the feelings of typical rice farmers in Kerala, as this study only surveyed traditional rice farmers, who follow traditional rice farming practices either as a continuation of ancestral practices or by choice.…”

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Is traditional rice reviving An exploratory study in Kerala, India

Siddique¹,

Blakeney²,

Raju³

et al. 2021

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Traditional rice systems are holistic systems, resilient, eco-friendly and a key to nutrition security but unfortunately, in decline. Traditional cultivation that uses local rice varieties appears to withstand the impacts of climate change. Many agencies in rice producing countries are working towards the revival of traditional rice varieties. This study explored the traditional rice farming scenario in Kerala, India. We looked at the farmers who cultivated traditional rice varieties, their satisfaction levels and what factors will possibly lead to the sustainability of traditional rice cultivation. The study found some emerging types of new rice farmers who were more satisfied with traditional rice cultivation. Marketed surplus, education, area and institutional support were identified as the key factors that lead to successful farm enterprises. While there were positive indicators for the sustainability of traditional rice, how far they will endure in the future is unclear.

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Is traditional rice reviving An exploratory study in Kerala, India

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Raju³

et al. 2021

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“…Out of the 12 rice varieties recognised with GI tag in the country, six are from Kerala (Blakeney et al, 2020a). Among the different rice types of Kerala, Navara (the medicinal rice), Pokkali rice, Wayanadan rice varieties of Jeerakasala and Gandhakasala, Palakkadan Matta rice and Kaipad rice have found place in the GI registry (Blakeney et al, 2020b; Radhika et al, 2018). Kerala has a rich history of rice cultivation (Manilal, 1990) which has apparently become unattractive to farmers due to inadequate marketing avenues (Radhika, 2019).…”

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“…Kerala has a rich history of rice cultivation (Manilal, 1990) which has apparently become unattractive to farmers due to inadequate marketing avenues (Radhika, 2019). Normally, majority of the farmers in the state is marketing their produce through Supplyco, a state operated procurement and distribution agency which procures rice at minimum support price (MSP) without considering the varietal status of the rice (Blakeney et al, 2020b; Radhika et al, 2018). With regard to the cost and efforts invested by the farmers to cultivate speciality rice varieties, MSP is not capable of providing welfare to them.…”

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Geographical indications as a strategy for market enhancement‐lessons from rice GIs in Kerala

Radhika

Thomas

Raju

2021

World Intellectual Property

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Geographical indication (GI) is a collective right and its success depends largely on collective action of the target groups and effective governance by the implementing agency. The present study highlights the shortcomings in the institutional, technical and participatory aspects of GIs in the Indian context using the Institutional Analysis and Development framework. The rice GIs of Kerala viz., Navara Rice, Palakkadan Matta Rice, Pokkali Rice, Wayanad Jeerakasala Rice, Wayanad Gandhakasala Rice, and Kaipad Rice are selected for the study. The objective of GI recognition was achieved from the protection point of view, but as the registered proprietors has not initiated participatory process with regard to marketing and promotion no effects in this regard is achieved except Kaipad rice. The average prices of all the rice GIs in Kerala have increased post GI registration. But the question is that whether the price was sufficient to sustain the farming of these specialty rice. These products reach the end consumers at a very high price, but these benefits are not reaching the producer. Lack of focussed interventions from the institutional arrangements post GI recognition has camouflaged the potential outcomes.

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“…Environmental policy refers to the extent to which companies mitigate the negative impacts of their business activities and operations on the natural environment (Bertolotti and Catellani, 2021;Huang et al, 2022;Maeda et al, 2021). However, previous surveys have always predicted the adoption of environmental policy from an institutional perspective (Blakeney et al, 2020;Chen et al, 2021), which has created the first literature gap. Next, previous surveys have predicted pro-environmental behaviors through three perspectives.…”

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