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Wheat in the rice-wheat cropping system of the Punjab: A synthesis of On-farm research results 1984-1988
(CIMMYT; PARC, 1989)
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 ...
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Monitoring wheat varieties grown in irrigated Baluchistan
(CIMMYT; PARC, 1988)
This study was undertaken to assess farmers' use of different wheat varieties in two major growing environments of Baluchistan. Overall, farmers planted wheat on 39% of their cultivated area. Overall, 41 percent of the ...
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Monitoring wheat varietal diffusion in the irrigated Punjab: Results from 1987-88
(CIMMYT; PARC, 1988)
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. ...
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Monitoring rice varieties grown in the rice zone of the Punjab: Results from 1985-87
(CIMMYT; PARC, 1988)
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., ...
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Adoption of Basmati-385: implications for time conflicts in the rice-wheat cropping systems of Pakistan's Punjab
(CIMMYT; PARC, 1989)
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 ...
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Rice varietal adoption in Jafarabad District Baluchistan
(PARC; CIMMYT, 1989)
High yielding rice varieties play an important role in increasing rice productivity. Rice breeders at various research stations in Pakistan are continuously working to evolve and disseminate high yielding varieties (Khichi ...
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Weed management strategies for wheat in the irrigated Punjab: farmers knowledge, adoption and economics
(CIMMYT; PARC, 1988)
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 ...
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Factors affecting current and potential cropping intensity in the Southern Punjab of Pakistan
(CIMMYT; PARC, 1988)
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 ...
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A note on multi-stage sampling with list frames: the PARC/CIMMYT survey of wheat harvest technology
(PARC; CIMMYT, 1987)
In collecting farm-level data for the purpose of initiating social science research on selected cropping systems, many researchers in Pakistan use random sampling of villages with nonprobability sampling of farmers within ...
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Wheat varietal diffusion in the irrigated Punjab: Results from 1988-89
(PARC; CIMMYT, 1989)
Wheat (Triticum aestivum), the major rabi food crop is planted on all major agro-climatic conditions of the irrigated Punjab. Presently, a large number of wheat varieties are grown in different wheat areas of Punjab. Farmers ...