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Factors affecting adoption of semi dwarf wheats in marginal areas: evidence from the rainfed Northern Punjab
(CIMMYT; PARC, 1991)
This study was undertaken in rainfed Pothwar of the Punjab to assess farmers' wheat varietal choices and factors affecting adoption of semi-dwarf varieties. This tract can be divided into three sub-zones based on rainfall ...
Research Report
The global wheat improvement system: prospects for enhancing efficiency in the presence of spillovers
(CIMMYT, 1999)
Through the global analysis and country-level case studies, this report analyzes the efficiency of investments in wheat improvement research at a disaggregated level and explores a range of options for restructuring research ...
Book
Wheat and rice in the Nepal Tarai: farm resources and production practices in Rupandehi District
(CIMMYT; NARC, 1996)
A survey was conducted in Rupandehi District of the Nepal Tarai as part of a longer term research program to monitor changes in farmers' resources and production practices in the area's rice-wheat cropping systems. The ...
Book
Indicators of wheat genetic diversity and germplasm use in the people's republic of China
(CIMMYT, 1996)
A preliminary study of wheat genetic diversity in the People's Republic of China is presented. Available evidence and basic data related to the ancestry of leading wheat cultivars and the area distribution of dominant ...
Book
International collaboration in crop improvement research: current status and future prospects
(CIMMYT, 1999)
Investments over the past 35 years have created s system of national and international research centers that has revolutionized the supply of improved cereal varieties to developing country farmers. The newly created ...
Report
Technical change and returns to wheat breeding research in Pakistan's Punjab in the post-green revolution period
(CIMMYT; PARC, 1990)
Rates of yield gain and returns to wheat breeding are estimated for Pakistan's Punjab in the period since the introduction of semidwarf varieties. Analysis of two comprehensive data sets indicates that wheat breeders have ...
Working Paper
Pérdidas economicas ocasionadas por el carbon parcial del trigo en México
(CIMMYT, 1990)
En los últimos años en México se ha sentido preocupación por el efecto del carbón parcial (CP) en la industria del trigo; no obstante, hasta el momento no se dispone de información completa sobre el efecto económico de ...
Book
La adopción del método de siembra de trigo en surcos en el Valle del Yaqui, Sonora, México
(CIMMYT, 1998)
El analisis de la informacion de la encuesta para el ciclo O-I 1993/94 describe las practicas agronomicas generales que llevan a cabo los productores de trigo en el Valle del Yaqui., asi como los factores agronomicos que ...
Report
Wheat in the cotton-based cropping systems of the irrigated Sindh
(CIMMYT; PARC, 1990)
The cotton-wheat cropping system is the most important in Pakistani agriculture. In Sindh more than one million hectares of wheat is cultivated, out of which almost 80% of area is grown under the cotton wheat cropping ...
Report
Wheat in Barani areas of Northern Punjab: a synthesis of on-farm research results 1982-1988
(CIMMYT; PARC, 1990)
This paper analyses the results from on-farm experiments on tillage, variety, fertiliser, and weed control on rainfed wheat production in the high and medium rainfall zones of Pakistan. The experiments were conducted from ...