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Author : National Research Centre for Sorghum (India)
Publisher : ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Seed projects
ISBN : 9789290665021
Study conducted at the Mahabubnagar, Kurnool, Nalgonda, Anantapur districts of Andhra Pradesh, India.
Author : Jagannath V. Patil
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781119123057
Millets and sorghum are extremely important crops in many developing nations and because of the ability of many of them to thrive in low-moisture situations they represent some exciting opportunities for further development to address the continuing and increasing impact of global temperature increase on the sustainability of the world’s food crops. The main focus of this thorough new book is the potential for crop improvement through new and traditional methods, with the book’s main chapters covering the following crops: sorghum, pearl millet, finger millet, foxtail milet, proso millet, little millet, barnyard millet, kodo millet, tef and fonio. Further chapters cover pests and diseases, nutritional and industrial importance, novel tools for improvement, and seed systems in millets. Millets and Sorghum provides full and comprehensive coverage of these crucially important crops, their biology, world status and potential for improvement, and is an essential purchase for crop and plant scientists, and food scientists and technologists throughout the developed and developing world. All libraries in universities and research establishment where biological and agricultural sciences are studied and taught should have copies of this important book on their shelves.
Author : Pyburn, Rhiannon, ed.,van Eerdewijk, Anouka, ed.
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780896293915
Over the past decade, interest in gender equality and women’s empowerment has grown rapidly, creating a unique opportunity to institutionalize gender research within agricultural research for development. This book, edited by researchers from the CGIAR Gender Platform, reviews and reflects on the growing body of evidence from gender research. It marks a shift a way from a traditional focus on how gender analysis can contribute to improved productivity, flipping the question to ask, How does agricultural and environmental research and development contribute to gender equality and women’s empowerment? Chapters synthesize the wide range of CGIAR and other research in this area, covering breeding research and seed systems, value chain participation, nutrition-sensitive agriculture, natural resources, climate adaptation and mitigation, the “feminization” of agriculture, women’s role in agricultural research, and emerging gender transformative approaches.
Author : Hugo Campos,Oscar Ortiz
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-12-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030286835
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book provides a fresh, updated and science-based perspective on the current status and prospects of the diverse array of topics related to the potato, and was written by distinguished scientists with hands-on global experience in research aspects related to potato. The potato is the third most important global food crop in terms of consumption. Being the only vegetatively propagated species among the world’s main five staple crops creates both issues and opportunities for the potato: on the one hand, this constrains the speed of its geographic expansion and its options for international commercialization and distribution when compared with commodity crops such as maize, wheat or rice. On the other, it provides an effective insulation against speculation and unforeseen spikes in commodity prices, since the potato does not represent a good traded on global markets. These two factors highlight the underappreciated and underrated role of the potato as a dependable nutrition security crop, one that can mitigate turmoil in world food supply and demand and political instability in some developing countries. Increasingly, the global role of the potato has expanded from a profitable crop in developing countries to a crop providing income and nutrition security in developing ones. This book will appeal to academics and students of crop sciences, but also policy makers and other stakeholders involved in the potato and its contribution to humankind’s food security.
Author : Devendra Kumar Yadava,Harsh Kumar Dikshit,Gyan Prakash Mishra,Shailesh Tripathi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 1389 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811692574
This book is an advanced textbook and a reference book for the post-graduate plant-breeding students and the plant breeders. It consolidates fundamental concepts and also the latest advances in plant-breeding practices including development in crop genomics. It contains crop wise explanation on origin, reproduction, genetics of yield contributing traits, biotic and abiotic stresses, nutritional improvement and crop specific plant-breeding procedures and techniques. The chapters are planned to describe crop-focused breeding procedure for the major crop plants as per their economic importance. The recent developments in breeding of field crops have been reported. The recent progress made in mapping traits of economic importance has been critically reviewed for each crop. The progress made in markers assisted selected in few crops has been summarized. This book bridges the knowledge gap and bring to the researchers and students information on modern breeding tools for developing biotic and abiotic stress tolerant, climate resilient and micronutrient rich varieties of field crops. The chapters in book are contributed by experienced Plant Breeders.
Author : Khawar Jabran,Bhagirath Singh Chauhan
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-05
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781119385516
Provides a comprehensive overview of the role of cotton in the economy and cotton production around the world This book offers a complete look at the world’s largest fiber crop: cotton. It examines its effect on the global economy—its uses and products, harvesting and processing, as well as the major challenges and their solutions, recent trends, and modern technologies involved in worldwide production of cotton. Cotton Production presents recent developments achieved by major cotton producing regions around the world, including China, India, USA, Pakistan, Turkey and Europe, South America, Central Asia, and Australia. In addition to origin and history, it discusses the recent advances in management practices, as well as the agronomic challenges and the solutions in the major cotton producing areas of the world. Keeping a focus on global context, the book provides sufficient details regarding the management of cotton crops. These details are not limited to the choice of cultivar, soil management, fertilizer and water management, pest control, cotton harvesting, and processing. The first book to cover all aspects of cotton production in a global context Details the role of cotton in the economy, the uses and products of cotton, and its harvesting and processing Discusses the current state of cotton management practices and issues within and around the world’s cotton producing areas Provides insight into the ways to improve cotton productivity in order to keep pace with the growing needs of an increasing population Cotton Production is an essential book for students taking courses in agronomy and cropping systems as well as a reference for agricultural advisors, extension specialists, and professionals throughout the industry.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-20
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780123944153
Advances in Agronomy continues to be recognized as a leading reference and a first-rate source for the latest research in agronomy. As always, the subjects covered are varied and exemplary of the myriad of subject matter dealt with by this long-running serial. Maintains the highest impact factor among serial publications in agriculture Presents timely reviews on important agronomy issues Enjoys a long-standing reputation for excellence in the field
Author : Anonim
Publisher : International Potato Center
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Anonim
Publisher : CIMMYT
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Corn
ISBN : 9789706480750
Author : P.K. Ghosh,Narendra Kumar,M.S. Venkatesh,K.K. Hazra,N. Nadarajan
Publisher : Scientific Publishers
Page : 657 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789386237491
This book will bring together all recent and updated information on RCT in pulses and pulse based cropping system which will be of immense use to researchers, extension personnel, students, research scholars across the nation.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 890 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : UCBK:C118541922
Author : B. R. Ntare,Jupiter Ndjeunga,Farid Waliyar
Publisher : Semi-Arid Tropics
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Gardening
ISBN : STANFORD:36105133091020
Author : Leslie Lipper,C. Leigh Anderson,Timothy J. Dalton
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2009-12-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781136545177
Markets have been found to be an increasingly important source of the seeds of crops and varieties low income farmers need to improve their livelihoods, encompassing both the formal and informal seed sector. Markets also have major impacts on agricultural biodiversity, by affecting farmers' choice of crops and varieties to grow. They are not, however, a homogenous institution, although all too frequently policies and regulations are developed as though they were. Markets vary considerably depending on the participants, on the institutions that govern how and what they exchange, and on local agricultural, economic and social conditions. Developing effective strategies to improve the way agricultural markets work, including how farmers use crop genetic resources, requires understanding of these variations. Seed Trade in Rural Markets presents a unique set of case studies from Bolivia, India, Kenya, Mali and Mexico on agricultural seed and product markets that describe three important market characteristics expected to affect farmers' access to seeds and varieties: the range of varieties on offer, the information provided about them, and relative prices. The case studies - all based around a common framework to aid comparability - also provide information on social, agricultural and economic factors which may be affecting the market availability, information, and cost of crop genetic resources, and ultimately the capacity to stimulate agricultural development Published with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations
Author : International Livestock Research Institute
Publisher : ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Livestock
ISBN : 9291461792
Author : Carl E. Pray, Latha Nagarajan
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
The spread of modern varieties and hybrids of pearl millet and sorghum that began in the mid-1960s has had an important impact on small farmer welfare in India. The success and sustainability of these improved cultivars resulted from three types (or periods) of interventions by the Indian government: (1) increased investments in crop improvement by national and international agricultural systems during the 1970s; (2) development of efficient seed systems, with the gradual inclusion of the private sector in the 1980s; and (3) the liberalization of the Indian seed industry in the late 1990s. In addition to increased overall production levels of sorghum and millet, there have been substantial yield gains in semi-arid regions as well as improved cultivars adopted in some of the poorest areas of India. The innovations of new, hybrid technology have not been limited to the Green Revolution crops; they have also had significant impact on the productivity of small-farmer households growing dryland crops, such as millet and sorghum in India.
