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Author: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-arid Tropics
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Published: 1983
Total Pages: 166
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Author: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-arid Tropics
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Published: 1983
Total Pages: 166
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
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Published: 1989
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics. Legumes Entomology Unit
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Published: 1990
Total Pages: 12
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: O. P. Rupela
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Published: 1984
Total Pages: 20
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Melak H. Mengesha
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Published: 1981
Total Pages: 48
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Rajeev K. Varshney
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2018-01-02
Total Pages: 152
ISBN-13: 3319661175
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book sheds new light on the chickpea genome sequencing and resequencing of chickpea germplasm lines and provides insights into classical genetics, cytogenetics, and trait mapping. It also offers an overview of the latest advances in genome sequencing and analysis. The growing human population, rapid climate changes and limited amounts of arable land are creating substantial challenges in connection with the availability and affordability of nutritious food for smallholder farmers in developing countries. In this context, climate smart crops are essential to alleviating the hunger of the millions of poor and undernourished people living in developing countries. In addition to cereals, grain legumes are an integral part of the human diet and provide sustainable income for smallholder farmers in the arid and semi-arid regions of the world. Among grain legumes, the chickpea (Cicer arietinum) is the second most important in terms of production and productivity. Besides being a rich source of proteins, it can fix atmospheric nitrogen through symbiosis with rhizobia and increase the input of combined nitrogen. Several abiotic stresses like drought, heat, salinity, together with biotic stresses like Fusarium wilt, Ascochyta blight, and Botrytis grey mould have led to production losses, as the chickpeas is typically grown in the harsh climates of our planet’s semi-arid regions.
Author: Suhas Pralhad Wani
Publisher: CABI
Published: 2009-01-01
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 1845934385
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRainfed agriculture is generally overlooked by development investors, researchers and policy makers due to limited confidence in its ability to increase agricultural production and development. However, research undertaken by a team of leading scientists from global organizations demonstrates its potential in achieving food security, improving livelihoods and most importantly addressing issues of equity and poverty reduction in dryland areas - the hot spots of poverty. On the basis of case studies from varied agricultural and ecological regions in Asia and Africa, chapters discuss the need for adopting new paradigms between rainfed and irrigated agriculture, catchment/micro-watershed management approaches, upgrades in science-based development and more investments in rainfed areas. Yield gaps for major rainfed crops are analysed globally and possible ways and means including technological, social, and institutional options to bridge the yield gaps are discussed in detail. Covering areas such as rainwater harvesting and its efficient use, the rehabilitation of degraded land and assessment methods for social, environmental and economic impacts, this book will be necessary for both academics and policy makers working in water management, agriculture and sustainable development.
Author: Suhas P. Wani
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2021-11-17
Total Pages: 502
ISBN-13: 3030779351
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides a unique account of cross-sectoral innovations through efficient partnerships based on the hands-on experience of internationally renowned contributors specialised in the field of Science of Delivery. The challenges and lessons learned from large development initiatives based in Asia, and from the work undertaken by international research institutions, such as the FAO, are brought together in this book to benefit development agencies, policy makers, corporates, post graduate students, farmers’ organizations, and those involved in supplying agricultural inputs and/or buying agricultural produce, particularly in developing countries within Asia and Africa. Through a number of case studies the book describes how the consortium approach of capacity building for equitable and efficient benefits, collective action, and convergence, will benefit millions of small farm-holders in different regions of Asia
Author: Latha Nagarajan, Philip G. Pardey, and Melinda Smale
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
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Total Pages: 68
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Carl E. Pray, Latha Nagarajan
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 36
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe spread of modern varieties and hybrids of pearl millet and sorghum that began in the mid-1960s has had an important impact on small farmer welfare in India. The success and sustainability of these improved cultivars resulted from three types (or periods) of interventions by the Indian government: (1) increased investments in crop improvement by national and international agricultural systems during the 1970s; (2) development of efficient seed systems, with the gradual inclusion of the private sector in the 1980s; and (3) the liberalization of the Indian seed industry in the late 1990s. In addition to increased overall production levels of sorghum and millet, there have been substantial yield gains in semi-arid regions as well as improved cultivars adopted in some of the poorest areas of India. The innovations of new, hybrid technology have not been limited to the Green Revolution crops; they have also had significant impact on the productivity of small-farmer households growing dryland crops, such as millet and sorghum in India.