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Physical and chemical properties of a sandy loam soil under irrigated rice-wheat sequence in the Indo-Gangetic Plains of South Asia
(OMICS International, 2017)
Resource conservation technologies (RCTs) such as zero tillage (ZT), dry direct seeded rice (DSR) and crop residues as mulch are known to increase productivity and profitability of rice-wheat system (RWS) in South Asia. ...
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Assessment of large seed banks requirement for drought risk management in South Asia
(MDPI, 2017)
Agriculture in South Asia is largely dependent on rainfall, where about two-thirds of the cultivable lands lack irrigation facilities. In recent years, increasing frequency and severity of droughts have had a severe impact ...
Article
Too much to handle? Pesticide dependence of smallholder vegetable farmers in Southeast Asia
(Elsevier, 2017)
This study aimed to understand farmers' knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding agricultural pest management and synthetic pesticide use in Southeast Asia. Data were used from 900 farm households producing leaf mustard ...
Newsletter / Bulletin
Integration of gender considerations in climate-smart agriculture R4D in South Asia: useful research questions
(2017)
Agriculture takes place in a social context. South Asia is a large and heterogeneous region of mixed farming systems and different cultures and social systems, which can enable or constrain opportunities and outcomes ...
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Borlaugh Institute for South Asia: CIMMYT is uniquely positioned to tackle the challenges in India
(CIMMYT, 2017)
Over the next decades, food security and economic development in South Asia and India will be increasingly and most drastically affected by the negative impacts of climate change, rapidly fal ling ground water tables lack ...
Presentation
South Asia: an update India, Nepal and Bangladesh
(CIMMYT, 2017)
Article
Climate change impacts and potential benefits of heat-tolerant maize in South Asia
(Springer, 2017)
Monitoring of genetic gain in crop genetic improvement programs is necessary to measure the efficiency of the program. Periodic measurement of genetic gain also allows the efficiency of new technologies incorporated into ...