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Crop variety improvement and its effect on productivity : the impact of international agricultural research / edited by R.E. Evenson and D. Gollin.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Field crops--Breeding.
- Field crops.
- Field crops--Genetics.
- Crop improvement.
- Agriculture--Research--International cooperation.
- Agriculture.
- Agricultural productivity.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (548 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; Cambridge, MA, USA : CABI Pub., c2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume reports the findings of a study of the productivity impacts of varietal improvements research conducted at a number of international centres affiliated with the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research.
- Contents:
- Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1 Study Design and Scope; 2 Crop Genetic Improvement in Developing Countries: Overview and Summary; 3 Objectives and Methodology: Crop Genetic Improvement Studies; 4 Wheat; 5 International Research and Genetic Improvement in Rice: Evidence from Asia and Latin America; 6 Ecological Diversity and Rice Varietal Improvement in West Africa; 7 Impacts of CIMMYT Maize Breeding Research; 8 Impact of IITA Germplasm Improvement on Maize Production in West and Central Africa; 9 Impacts of Genetic Improvement in Sorghum
- 10 Impacts of Genetic Enhancement in Pearl Millet11 The Impact of International and National Investment in Barley Germplasm Improvement in the Developing Countries; 12 The Impact of CIAT's Genetic Improvement Research on Beans; 13 Economic Impact of International and National Lentil Improvement Research in Developing Countries; 14 Impacts of Genetic Improvement in Groundnut; 15 Potato Genetic Improvement in Developing Countries and CIP's Role in Varietal Change; 16 The Impact of IARC Genetic Improvement Programmes on Cassava; 17 Objectives and Methodology for Country Studies
- 18 The Impact of Investments in Agricultural Research on Total Factor Productivity in China19 Crop Genetic Improvement Impacts on Indian Agriculture; 20 Brazil; 21 Modern Variety Production: a Synthesis; 22 Production Impacts of Crop Genetic Improvement; 23 The Economic Consequences of Crop Genetic Improvement Programmes; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-82962-1
- 9786610829620
- 0-85199-853-4
- OCLC:
- 437181656
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