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Returns to wheat research in Nepal
(CIMMYT, 1992)
An economic surplus approach is used to analyze economic returns to wheat research (primarily breeding) in Nepal. During the past 30 years, investment in wheat research has generated an internal rate of return ranging from ...
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Technical change and wheat productivity in the Indian Punjab in the post green revolution period
(CIMMYT, 1992)
Major changes in the wheat economy of Punjab State, India, since the Widespread adoption of modern varieties (MVs) in the early 1970s, are summarized from an analysis of trends in micro-level farm data and by using an index ...
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Dryland wheat in India: the impact of technical change and future research challenges
(CIMMYT, 1992)
This study focuses on the dryland wheat areas of central and southern India (over half of India's total rainfed wheat area), where wheat is produced on deep vertisols in a fallow wheat system depending heavily on the ...
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Adoption, management, and impact of hybrid maize seed in India
(CIMMYT, 1997)
This paper presents results of a 1995 survey of 864 maize-growing households in six states that account for more than 70% of India's maize area: Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh. ...
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Towards reduced pesticide use for cereal crops in Asia
(CIMMYT, 1997)
Several opportunities are available for dramatically reducing the use of agrochemicals in Asia cereal crop production. The first selection of this paper summarizes past trends and future prospects for pesticide use in Asia ...
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The contribution of genetic resources and diversity to wheat productivity: a case from the Punjab of Pakistan
(CIMMYT, 1997)
This study makes use of data on wheat production in the Punjab of Pakistan from 1979 to 1985 to 1) examine patterns of varietal diversity in farmers' fields both at the regional and district levels and 2) identify how and ...
Working Paper
Land prices, land rents, and technological change: evidence from Pakistan
(CIMMYT, 1991)
The relationship between technological change and land values is investigated for both rainfed and irrigated areas of Pakistan's most important wheat producing province, the Punjab. An attempt is made to link regional ...
Working Paper
Technical change, productivity, and sustainability in irrigated cropping systems of South Asia: emerging issues in the post-green revolution era
(CIMMYT, 1990)
Recent trends in South Asia's Irrigated cropping systems are analyzed, giving particular attention to systems in which wheat is an important crop. Much of the recent success in increasing food production in South Asia is ...
Working Paper
Sources of growth in wheat yields in Pakistan's Punjab, 1965-2000: is there a sustainability issue?
(CIMMYT, 1990)
Wheat yields rose rapidly in the Punjab of Pakistan during the Green Revolution decade, 1966-76, but the rate of growth has been significantly slower in the decade that followed. Official statistics indicate that the yield ...