The most promment distinguisbing characteristics of maize-growing reglons in developing countries are given here in tabular form, along with sallent features of each region. Eaeh region is designated by a number, which ...

Weeds have been reported as a major limiting factor in efforts to further raise wheat productivity in the irrigated Punjab. With this in mind, the study was planned to assess the extent of weeds in farmers' fields, their ...

The traditional basmati rice-wheat cropping system of Pakistan's Punjab involves major time conflicts between the harvesting date of rice and the planting date of wheat. The lengthy maturity period of traditional basmati ...

Cropping intensity in the cotton-wheat areas of Pakistan's Punjab is well below its potential and also significantly lower than in neighbouring areas of India's punjab. Analysis of annual cropping intensity indicates that ...

The critical constraints to increasing the incomes of Swazi Nation Land farmers has been the lack of research recommendations relevant to their farming context. It was necessary that researchers be reoriented to produce ...

This report summarises the proceedings of the ARPT/CIMMYT networkshop on "The Role of Rural Sociology (and Anthropology) in Farming Systems Research". The Workshop was held at the Ridgeway Hotel, Lusaka, Zambia from the ...

En la última mitad del siglo, la fuente primaria del incremento en la producción de alimentos ha sido el aumento de las rendimientos. Se han requerido para planear nuevos sistemas de producción que llevaran a dichos ...

Recommended wheat varieties play a significant role in increasing wheat productivity. Wheat breeders at different research institutes in Pakistan are continuously working to develop rust and disease resistant varleties. ...

Breeders, seed institutions and extension agents in the Punjab are continuously working to evolve and disseminate varieties that are both high yielding and resistant to insects, pests and other diseases (Akhtar et al., ...

This report presents the results of five years of on-farm studies on wheat production in the rice-wheat zone of the Punjab. The work was started in 1983-84 with an informal diagnostic survey and a formal survey at harvest ...