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

Mission Statement:

Proposed Service and Description Draining and Fertilizer in the Philippines

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

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

Purpose of Ammonium Sulfate Fertilizer: To decrease nitrous oxide emission To decrease methane To increase rice productivity Purpose of Fertilizer

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 flags/united-states-flag.html flags/Philippines_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 7/05/02/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 mal-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 holes/

Global Effects Adds to global economy. Influential in “going green”. Easy to execute and implement. Promotes employment throughout world. 3/plans-to-increase-employment/

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

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 rice_production/planting_water_mgmt.htm

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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