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Team R.I.C.E. Research Institute for Cultivating Efficiency Kaleigh Ham Steven Immel Joyce Malkoun Jenny Pan Jia Zheng Samson Yosef. Our mission statement is to increase rice production and yield employment for the Philippines, and to decrease methane emissions globally.
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Team R.I.C.E. Research Institute for Cultivating Efficiency Kaleigh Ham Steven Immel Joyce Malkoun Jenny Pan JiaZheng Samson Yosef
Our mission statement is to increase rice production and yield employment for the Philippines, and to decrease methane emissions globally.
Proposed Service and Description Draining and Fertilizer in the Philippines
Our Company’s Service • Purpose: To Decrease Methane Emission and Increase Rice Yield • Problem: • Need: • Solution: Mid-Season Drainage System and Provide Ammonium Sulfate Fertilizer http://www.marcusleadley.com/recipes/rice.html
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/
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/
Philippine Business Culture Doing Business In Southeast Asia
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
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/
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
Operational Structure Domestic and Global Effects
Domestic Effects • Adds to local economy • Give jobs to Filipinos • Help with local greenhouse depletion • Farmer friendly http://www.stuffidshowmyfriends.com/really-big-holes/
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/
Marketing Target, Competition, and Promotion
Target • Rice manufacturers • Filipino government • Philippine Research Rice Institute • Bureau of Agricultural Statistics
Competition • Traditional patty-field production • Rice-duck technology
Promotion • Market business-to-business communication by creating personal relationships • Create a company website and Facebook account for social networking and brand awareness for investors
Limitations Water and Money
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
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/
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