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Crop variety improvement and its effect on productivity: the impact of international agricultural research.

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This book reports on the productivity impacts of varietal improvement research conducted at a number of international centres affiliated with the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. Such centres have been at the forefront of a 40-year effort to breed new varieties of the world's staple food crops. The contributed chapters are the main product of a study initiated and support...
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Chapter 10 (Page no: 215)

Impacts of genetic enhancement in pearl millet.

This chapter documents the benefits from pearl millet genetic enhancement research conducted by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in partnership with national agricultural research systems (NARS). ICRISAT-NARS research efforts and the resultant impacts are summarized, recognizing that many improved pearl millet cultivars and hybrids are the joint products of the partnership. An example of South-South research spillover, where research products developed at ICRISAT found applicability and adaptability across India and sub-Saharan Africa, is presented.

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Chapter: 1 (Page no: 1) Study design and scope. Author(s): Evenson, R. E. Gollin, D.
Chapter: 2 (Page no: 7) Crop genetic improvement in developing countries: overview and summary. Author(s): Evenson, R. E. Gollin, D.
Chapter: 3 (Page no: 39) Objectives and methodology: crop genetic improvement studies. Author(s): Evenson, R. E. Gollin, D.
Chapter: 4 (Page no: 47) Wheat. Author(s): Heisey, P. W. Lantican, M. A. Dubin, H. J.
Chapter: 5 (Page no: 71) International research and genetic improvement in rice: evidence from Asia and Latin America. Author(s): Hossain, M. Gollin, D. Cabanilla, V. Cabrera, E. Johnson, N. Khush, G. S. McLaren, G.
Chapter: 6 (Page no: 109) Ecological diversity and rice varietal improvement in West Africa. Author(s): Dalton, T. J. Guei, R. G.
Chapter: 7 (Page no: 135) Impacts of CIMMYT maize breeding research. Author(s): Morris, M. Mekuria, M. Gerpacio, R.
Chapter: 8 (Page no: 159) Impact of IITA germplasm improvement on maize production in West and Central Africa. Author(s): Manyong, V. M. Kling, J. G. Makinde, K. O. Ajala, S. O. Menkir, A.
Chapter: 9 (Page no: 183) Impacts of genetic improvement in sorghum. Author(s): Deb, U. K. Bantilan, M. C. S.
Chapter: 11 (Page no: 241) The impact of international and national investment in barley germplasm improvement in the developing countries. Author(s): Aw-Hassan, A. Shideed, K. Ceccarelli, S. Erskine, W. Grando, S. Tutwiler, R.
Chapter: 12 (Page no: 257) The impact of CIAT's genetic improvement research on beans. Author(s): Johnson, N. L. Pachico, D. Wortmann, C. S.
Chapter: 13 (Page no: 275) Economic impact of international and national lentil improvement research in developing countries. Author(s): Aw-Hassan, A. Shideed, K. Sarker, A. Tutwiler, R. Erskine, W.
Chapter: 14 (Page no: 293) Impacts of genetic improvement in groundnut. Author(s): Bantilan, M. C. S. Deb, U. K. Nigam, S. N.
Chapter: 15 (Page no: 315) Potato genetic improvement in developing countries and CIP's role in varietal change. Author(s): Walker, T. S. Bi, Y. P. Li, J. H. Gaur, P. C. Grande, E.
Chapter: 16 (Page no: 337) The impact of IARC genetic improvement programmes on cassava. Author(s): Johnson, N. L. Manyong, V. M. Dixon, A. G. O. Pachico, D.
Chapter: 17 (Page no: 357) Objectives and methodology for country studies. Author(s): Evenson, R. E.
Chapter: 18 (Page no: 361) The impact of investments in agricultural research on total factor productivity in China. Author(s): Rozelle, S. Jin, S. Huang, J. Hu, R.
Chapter: 19 (Page no: 387) Crop genetic improvement impacts on Indian agriculture. Author(s): McKinsey, J. W. Evenson, R. E.
Chapter: 20 (Page no: 409) Brazil. Author(s): Avila, A. F. D. Evenson, R. E. Silva, S. de Almeida, F. A. de
Chapter: 21 (Page no: 427) Modern variety production: a synthesis. Author(s): Evenson, R. E.
Chapter: 22 (Page no: 447) Production impacts of crop genetic improvement. Author(s): Evenson, R. E.
Chapter: 23 (Page no: 473) The economic consequences of crop genetic improvement programmes. Author(s): Evenson, R. E. Rosegrant, M.

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  • Year of Publication
  • 2003
  • ISBN
  • 9780851995496
  • Record Number
  • 20083015221
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