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

2. Our mission statement is to increase rice production and yield employment for the Philippines, and to decrease methane emissions globally.

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

4. Purpose: To Decrease Methane Emission and Increase Rice Yield Problem: Need: Solution: Mid-Season Drainage System and Provide Ammonium Sulfate Fertilizer Our Company’s Service http://www.marcusleadley.com/recipes/rice.html

5. 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 Benefits and Disadvantages http://www.yesicanusechopsticks.com/thesequel/rice/

6. Purpose of Ammonium Sulfate Fertilizer: To decrease nitrous oxide emission To decrease methane To increase rice productivity Purpose of Fertilizer http://blog.vegenag.com/2009/0 3/fertilizer-basics/

7. Operational Structure Domestic and Global Effects

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

9. 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/

10. Financial Implications Project Costs and Projections

11. Budget Costs ExpensesAnnual Cost Water management equipment$1,535,667.376 Ammonium Sulfate$77,908.756 Labor$9,378 Total Cost Year 0$1,622,954.132 Total Cost Year 1-3$87,286.756 http://countrystat.bas.gov.ph/index.asp?cont=selection&pageid=pxweb/dialog/varval.asp&ma=N90FPPRF&path=pxweb/database/main/MEGA/&lang=1

12. Production

13. Projected Returns

14. Marketing Target, Competition, and Promotion

15. Target Rice manufacturers Filipino government Philippine Research Rice Institute Bureau of Agricultural Statistics http://www.lawphil.net/administ/da/da.html

16. Competition Traditional patty-field production Rice-duck technology http://www.123rf.com/photo_9230257_panorama-of-the-paddy-rice-field- philippines.html http://www.cooltribe.com/news/rice-duck- farming-can-mitigate-global-warming-study

17. 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 http://jackson.ifas.ufl.edu/4h/images/facebook-logo-768129_000.jpg

18. Limitations Water and Money

19. 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

20. Money Advantages: less water needed, able to utilize some of the remaining structure Disadvantages: more water management equipment is needed, more gas required for pump, large up front cost http://www.plantsciences.ucdavis.edu/uccerice/ http://www.plantcell.org/content/19/8.cover-expansion http://www.flickr.com/photos/gnarlyleech/4516824222/

21. 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

22. Summary Increase production Reduce Methane and Nitrous Oxide emission Provide a stable food source for the Philippines Decrease water consumption

23. Questions

24. References http://www.marcusleadley.com/recipes rice.htmlhttp://www.yesicanusechopsticks.com/thesequel/rice/ http://blog.vegenag.com/2009/03/fertilizer-basics/ http://www.stuffidshowmyfriends.com/really-big-holes/ http://narsbusiness.com/2010/02/03/plans-to-increase-employment/ http://www.lawphil.net/administ/da/da.html http://www.123rf.com/photo_9230257_panorama-of-the-paddy-rice-field-philippines.html http://www.cooltribe.com/news/rice-duck-farming-can-mitigate-global-warming-study http://jackson.ifas.ufl.edu/4h/images/facebook-logo-768129_000.jpg http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2009/3057 http://www.plantcell.org/content/19/8.cover-expansion http://www.plantsciences.ucdavis.edu/uccerice/ http://www.plantcell.org/content/19/8.cover-expansion http://www.flickr.com/photos/gnarlyleech/4516824222 http://www.unis.unvienna.org/documents/unis/calendar/year_of_rice/factsheet1.pdf http://www.ricefarming.com/home/issues/2011-04/2011_AprSS.html http://beta.irri.org/news/images/stories/ricetoday/6-3/feature_coping%20with%20climate%20change.pdf http://countrystat.bas.gov.ph/index.asp?cont=selection&pageid=pxweb/dialog varval.asp&ma=N90FPPRF&path=pxweb/database/main/MEGA/&lang=1