Rice Farming Environmental Concerns

In the case of rice, which is a highly fragile wetland ecosystem, the impacts of high external input farming are prominent and far-reaching. Considering the threats of intensive farming in rice, there is an urgent need to study in detail, the environmental concerns and awareness of the stakeholders of rice farming. This is because; it is their concern that would be reflected upon the rice ecosystem in Toto. The study entitled 'Environmental concerns in rice farming' becomes relevant in view of the fact that the various dimensions of environmental concerns of the stakeholders, could become the starting point of greater policy level interventions for sustainable farming and natural resource management. The study focuses on the environmental concerns and awareness. The book has meticulously gone through the B-C ratio of organic, conventional and cow based minimum budget rice farming and the social benefit cost ratio of eco friendly rice farming based on farmers' perception supported by relevant studies. Some of the important policy prescriptions in the light of the study, which the government can undertake to make sustainable agriculture a reality, are also evidently mentioned.