Team R.I.C.E.

1. Team R.I.C.E. Research Institute for Cultivating Efficiency Kaleigh Ham Steven Immel Joyce Malkoun Jenny Pan JiaZheng

2. Mission Statement:

3. Proposed Service and Description Draining and Fertilizer in the Philippines

4. Our Company’s Service • Purpose: • To Decrease Methane Emission and Increase Rice Yield • Problem: • Increasing Methane Emission due to Wetland Rice Fields • Philippines is a Large Rice Importer • Recent decrease in Filipino Rice Yield • Need: • To Improve the Philippine’s Rank in the Rice Industry • Solution: • Mid-Season Drainage System and Provide Ammonium Sulfate Fertilizer

5. Benefits and Disadvantages Mid-Season Drainage System: • Allow for shallow flooding • Drain water for 7 days to stress the soil Benefits: • Lower Methane Emission • Water Conservation • Higher Rice Yield Disadvantage: • Production of Nitrous Oxide http://www.yesicanusechopsticks.com/thesequel/rice/

6. Purpose of Fertilizer Purpose of Ammonium Sulfate Fertilizer: • To decrease nitrous oxide emission • To decrease methane • To increase rice productivity http://blog.vegenag.com/2009/03/fertilizer-basics/

7. Philippine Business Culture Doing Business In Southeast Asia

8. Philippine Business Culture • Similarities to the United States: • Well educated and trained manager • Teams are important • Business language is English • Use proper titles when you meet someone http://www.33ff.com/flags/worldflags/Philippines_flag.html http://www.mapsofworld.com/flags/united-states-flag.html

9. Philippine Business Culture Cont. • Differences from the United States: • Companies prefer to hire family members • Hiya-shame • Filipinos form a relationship with you, not your company • Appointments 3-4 weeks in advance • Flexible with time • Management tends to be paternalistic • Small talk • Non-confrontational • They don’t often say no • Don’t expect individual initiative http://writersgateway.wordpress.com/2007/05/02/elearning-design-challenge-series-designing-a-game-based-course/

10. Relationship With Business Partners Outside of Work • Dinner Parties: • Never call someone a hostess • Dress conservatively • Bring flowers • Wrap Gifts • Send thank-you note • Dinner At A Restaurant: • Pay if you invited • Tip 5-15% • Fork in left hand, spoon in right • Check dress codes http://www.bigfrontuniforms.com/formal-wear-career-apparel.html

11. Operational Structure Domestic and Global Effects

12. Domestic Effects • Adds to local economy • Give jobs to Filipinos • Help with local greenhouse depletion • Farmer friendly http://www.stuffidshowmyfriends.com/really-big-holes/

13. Global Effects • Adds to global economy. • Influential in “going green”. • Easy to execute and implement. • Promotes employment throughout world. http://narsbusiness.com/2010/02/03/plans-to-increase-employment/

14. Limitations Water and Money

15. Water • Evapotranspiration, seepage, preparation,and percolation • Advantage: less water needed, less methane is produced( temp, rice), less water pollution then traditional methods • Disadvantages: weeding required, higher quality water is needed, increases the susceptibility of certain diseases for certain types of rice http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2009/3057/ http://www.plantcell.org/content/19/8.cover-expansion

16. Money • Advantages: less gas for water pumps, less water needed, able to utilize some of the remaining structure • Disadvantages: more water management equipment is needed, more land to produce equal rice http://www.plantsciences.ucdavis.edu/uccerice/ rice_production/planting_water_mgmt.htm http://www.flickr.com/photos/gnarlyleech/4516824222/

17. Overcoming Problems • Government support for environmental betterment • Genetic modification of rice • More productive, more drought resistant, disease defiant • These modifications could eliminate the majority of limitations • Superior fertilizers • Fertilizers that are better adapted to this form of farming

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