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Relative Rates Of Return To Controlled Irrigation Among Classes Of Summer Paddy In The Guayas Basin, Ecuador, Percy G. Aitken
Relative Rates Of Return To Controlled Irrigation Among Classes Of Summer Paddy In The Guayas Basin, Ecuador, Percy G. Aitken
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The primary objective of this study was to examine rice production methods with special emphasis on farm and water irrigation management practices in the different rice farm types of the Guayas Basin of Ecuador. To do this, farmers were divided into eight categories on the basis of farm practices, seasonal farming, irrigation facilities and level of mechanization. Profits per hectare ranged from 4,807 to 762.10 sucres per hectare. Mechanization varied from totally mechanized to total absence of machinery. Year round farming varied to seasonal farming. Average production varied from 110 quintals of hulled rice to 20 quintals per hectare.
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