Jingxi Rice is an excellent variety bred by Emperor Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty. It is planted inside and outside the "Three Hills and Five Gardens"(Royal gardens in Qing Dynasty), a political center that is equal to the Forbidden City. It has multiple value attributes....

The importance of special contexts and historical contingency in explaining the mechanism of human-environment interactions is being increasingly emphasized by human geographers. However, their studies lack appropriate theories and an operational framework to apply a "contextualization"...

The objective of this study was to examine factors influencing current use and consumption of brown and white rice in Chinese restaurants. Thirty Chinese restaurants were selected from the Twin Cities metro area to participate in the study. Face-to-face or phone interviews, based on a...

Food or culinary is an identity or reflects the culture of a nation. Indonesia is famous for a variety of popular traditional foods for local tourists who are Indonesians and tourists from abroad. The Lebaran ketupat tradition has become an inseparable part of the life of Indonesian society....

Mambal irrigation area is located in southern region of Bali, close by urban area. It consists of 42 Subak which covered 4.820 ha. However, the total area that still exists today is only 2.978 ha, and it is considered potential in increasing rice production and supplying rice in order to support...

Tourism interpretation is of great significance to the tourism and sustainable development of agricultural heritage systems, which can achieve the communication between heritage sites and tourists, and play its function of publicity and education. Obviously it's important to find and mine resources ...

The gross regional product (GRP) of northern Thailand in 1987 amounted to 10.9% of the entire country's GDP. Agriculture is the most important economic sector accounting for 30.5% of this region's GRP, followed by services with a 14.3% share and manufacturing with an 8.2% share. The economic...

This book presents principles of food science for the nutrition, dietetics, hospitality, and culinary arts student enrolled in an introductory food science course. Chapters follow the order of the USDA's Food Guide Pyramid. The introduction to food components sections covers evaluation of food...