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

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Evenson, Robert E. (Robert Eugene), 1934-, Gollin, Douglas
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; Cambridge, MA, USA : CABI Pub., ©2003.
Temas:
Field crops > Breeding.
Field crops > Genetics.
Crop improvement.
Agriculture > Research > International cooperation.
Agricultural productivity.
Crop zones.
Crops, Agricultural
Cultures > Amélioration.
Agriculture > Recherche > Coopération internationale.
Agriculture > Productivité.
Zones de cultures.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Agronomy > General.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Sustainable Agriculture.
Arachis hypogaea.
Hordeum vulgare.
Lens culinaris.
Manihot esculenta.
Oryza.
Oryza sativa.
Pennisetum glaucum.
Phaseolus vulgaris.
Solanum tuberosum.
Sorghum bicolor.
Triticum.
Triticum aestivum.
Zea mays.
Barley.
Cassava.
CGIAR.
Crop yield.
Groundnuts.
Lentils.
Maize.
Millets.
Models.
Pearl millet.
Plant breeding.
Potatoes.
Productivity.
Rice.
Wheat.
Crop zones
Agricultural productivity
Agriculture > Research > International cooperation
Crop improvement
Field crops > Breeding
Field crops > Genetics
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Descripción
Sumario: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 supported by the Impact Assessment and Evaluation Group (now the Standing Panel on Impact Assessment) of the CGIAR. Descriptive data and econometric models have been used to evaluate the impact of research on 11 crops and country case studies in Brazil, China and India. The contents include an introduction and methodology section (3 chapters); crop studies on rice, wheat, maize, sorghum, pearl millet, barley, lentils, potato, cassava, groundnut and common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris); case studies in Brazil, China and India; and a set of 3 synthesis papers reporting global and regional impacts on production and human welfare. The book should prove of significant interest to those working within plant breeding, crop science and agricultural economics.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxv, 522 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:0851998534
9780851998534
1280829621
9781280829628

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