Cereals and grain legumes are the most important part of human diet and nutrition. The expansion of grain legumes with improved productivity to cater the growing population’s nutritional security is of prime importance and need of the hour. Rice fallows are best niche areas with residual moisture...
Gumma, Murali K.
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Teluguntla, P.
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Whitbread, Anthony M.
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[Monitoring of spatiotemporal dynamics of rabi rice fallows in South asia using remote sensing]
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Monitoring of spatiotemporal dynamics of rabi rice fallows in South asia using remote sensing
Climate change has many facets, including changes in long-term trends in temperature and rainfall regimes with increasing year-to-year variability and a greater prevalence of extreme events. The effects of these changing conditions on agriculture are already being seen, yet there are still consid...
Wassmann, Reiner
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Nelson, Gerald C.
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Peng SB
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Sumfleth K
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Jagadish, Krishna S.V.
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Hosen Y
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Rosegrant, Mark W.
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[Rice and global climate change]
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Rice and global climate change
Kakumanu, Krishna Reddy
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Tesfai, M.
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Borrell, A.
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Nagothu, U. S.
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Reddy, S. K.
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Reddy, G. K.
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[Climate smart rice production systems: studying the potential of alternate wetting and drying irrigation]
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Climate smart rice production systems: studying the potential of alternate wetting and drying irrigation
Women’s participation in rice production, postharvest and trading operations is well recognized in Africa (Dey, 1984; Nyanteng, 1985; Akande et al., 2007; WARDA et al., 2008; Bunch, 2011). In West Africa, for example, labour supplied by women for rice cultivation varies from 3% for floating rice ...
Agboh-Noameshie, A.R.
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Kabore A
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Misiko, Michael T.
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[Integrating gender considerations in rice research for development in Africa]
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Integrating gender considerations in rice research for development in Africa
This chapter discusses the impacts of climate change on agriculture and the role of adaptation. Specifically, the chapter explores the following impacts of climate change on agriculture: increased CO2 concentrations, water availability, and pests and diseases. The chapter also includes reports of...
Berry, P.
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Ramírez Villegas, Julián
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Bramley, H.
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Mgonja M
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Mohanty S
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[Regional Impacts of Climate Change and the role of Adaptation]
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Regional Impacts of Climate Change and the role of Adaptation
Trouche, G.
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[Participatory rice breeding, using population improvement: a new methodology adapted to the needs of small farmers in Central America and the Caribbean]
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Participatory rice breeding, using population improvement: a new methodology adapted to the needs of small farmers in Central America and the Caribbean
Ospina Rey, Yolima
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Guimaraes, Elcio Perpétuo
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Châtel, M.
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Duque E., Myriam Cristina
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[Effects of selection and of recombinations on an upland-rice population]
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Effects of selection and of recombinations on an upland-rice population