This review paper intends to portray current scenario of agricultural productivity through yields and gaps of five major crops; wheat, cotton, rice, maize and sugarcane. The review discusses major constraints, identifies future prospects and makes policy recommendations for enhanced agricultural ...
Aslam, Muhammad
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[Agricultural productivity current scenario, constraints and future prospects in Pakistan]
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Agricultural productivity current scenario, constraints and future prospects in Pakistan
This is the third of the series of newsletters that will capture our efforts to develop an approach that will assess and accelerate the scaling of innovations in the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB). This newsletter aims at introducing and giving visibility to the four ca...
Sartas, Murat
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Schut, Marc
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Pypers, Pieter
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Schagen, B. van
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Newby, Jonathan C.
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Velasco, C.
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Thiele, Graham
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Leeuwis, C.
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[Scaling readiness: Accelerating the scaling of RTB interventions. Newsletter No.3]
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Scaling readiness: Accelerating the scaling of RTB interventions. Newsletter No.3
This is the first of the series of newsletters that will capture our efforts to develop an approach that will accelerate the scaling of innovations in the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB). The newsletters will capture the major concepts of scaling readiness, activities, a...
Sartas, Murat
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Schut, Marc
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Stoian, D.
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Velasco, C.
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Campilan, D.
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Thiele, Graham
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Leeuwis, C.
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[Scaling readiness: Accelerating the scaling of RTB interventions]
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Scaling readiness: Accelerating the scaling of RTB interventions
In Africa, there have been successes in cassava research in terms of the development of production technologies, particularly
improved varieties with high yield potential. The study addresses the question of whether and to what extent adoption of
improved cassava varieties has led to rural povert...
Feleke, S.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Abdoulaye, Tahirou
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Alene, A.
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[Assessing the impacts of cassava technology on poverty reduction in Africa]
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Assessing the impacts of cassava technology on poverty reduction in Africa
This manual presents methods that enable agricultural scientist and farmers to
evaluate technologies/practices jointly. The methods are specifically designed for
participatory research on germplasm and soil fertility technologies, and they are illustrated
with actual examples from three research ...
Bellon, Mauricio
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[Participatory research methods for technology evaluation: a manual for scientists working with farmers]
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Participatory research methods for technology evaluation: a manual for scientists working with farmers
The design and diffusion of context-specific technologies is centrally important in the multi-dimensional, complex farming systems in arid and semi-arid regions. This paper uses a mixed-method framework to characterize the complexity and heterogeneity of smallholder farming systems and identifies...
Kumar, S.
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Craufurd, P.
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Haileslassie, Amare
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Ramilan, T.
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Rathore, A.
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Whitbread, Anthony M.
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[Farm typology analysis and technology assessment: an application in an arid region of South Asia]
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Farm typology analysis and technology assessment: an application in an arid region of South Asia
Background: Opportunities to use data and information to address challenges in international agricultural research and development are expanding rapidly. The use of agricultural trial and evaluation data has enormous potential to improve crops and management practices. However, for a number of re...
Rice (Oryza sativa) is an important food staple and a cash crop, which is cultivated in all the ten regions of Ghana under varying agro-ecological conditions. These conditions also reflect the production technologies used and the total farm output. In an attempt to determine the potential sources...
Asravor, J.
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Wiredu, A.N.
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Siddig, K.
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Onumah, E.E.
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[Evaluating the environmental-technology gaps of rice farms in distinct agro-ecological zones of Ghana]
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Evaluating the environmental-technology gaps of rice farms in distinct agro-ecological zones of Ghana