Performance, Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Rice is currently being the most cultivated cereal crop and most consumable cereal in Malaysia. The country s annual total consumption of rice has increased due to an increase in the population. In order to meet its demand and reduce the importation, the local production of rice has to increase with no possibility exist in respect of horizontal expansion. Increasing production may involve increasing energy consumption and at the same time results in increasing production cost and increasing environment contaminations that resulted from the inefficiency in productions. Under these circumstances, important and relevant study was conducted and compiled in this book.