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The present chapter will dwell on the major rice production technologies by discussing the importance of sustainable agricultural practices in general and rice cultivation in particular. Section 3.2 of this chapter will talk about the major rice production technologies, and Sect. 3.3 will highlight the need for sustainable agricultural practices. The importance of system of crop intensification in general and the SRI in particular is discussed in detail in Sects. 3.4 and 3.5.
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Varma, P. (2017). The Need for Sustainable Rice Cultivation Practices. In: Rice Productivity and Food Security in India. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3692-7_3
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