Abstract
Agriculture, forestry, and other land use approximately contribute to 24 percent of 2010 global greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions. This study, therefore, focuses on assessing the environmental impacts of jasmine rice production. The life cycle assessment method is used to find the hotspots that are of high environmental impacts. Face-to-face interviewing was conducted with 49 rice producers engaged in chemical, organic, and good agricultural practices in farming activities. The results show that most of the emissions were caused during the post-harvest management stage. Following eco-efficiency, organic jasmine rice production offers a reduction in the consumption of resources, reduced impact on the environment, and increased product value. Furthermore, our study shows that crop residue is a key to increase rice yields and decrease GHGs emissions. Our findings thus add to the limited literature on organic jasmine rice production and propose a recommendation for policymakers to promote sustainable agricultural practices to reduce the environmental impact.Graphic abstract
Highlights
World economic development in the past 30 years has compelled many countries to review the results of their past operations
A purposive and snowball sampling method was used to identify the participants. These participants were separated in three groups as follows; 31 chemical agriculture farmers; 4 good agricultural practices (GAP) farmers; and 14 organic agriculture farmers that were selected using Codex Guidelines on the production, processing, and marketing of organically produced foods such as Organic Thailand, ACT Organic Standards by Organic Agriculture Certification Thailand and IFOAM by International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements
This study found that chemical, organic, and good agricultural practices of jasmine rice production are the main approaches in Thung Kula Rong Hai (TKRH)
Summary
World economic development in the past 30 years has compelled many countries to review the results of their past operations. Pingali (2012) showed that the green revolution has affected agricultural productivity improvement They found high poverty reduction with agricultural productivity growth. Lobell et al (2008) stated that climate risk poses significant challenges to several crops in South Asia and Southern Africa region affecting food security which is echoed by Masutomi et al (2009). In this line, Brown and Funk (2008) further reported that in recent years rice yields were reduced by increasing temperatures and declining precipitation. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic further adds to these woes affecting the staple food production that consists of wheat, coarse grains, and rice (FAO 2020)
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