1st Edition
The Rice-Wheat Cropping System of South Asia Trends, Constraints, Productivity and Policy
By Palit Kataki
Copyright 2001
156 Pages
by
CRC Press
156 Pages
by
CRC Press
156 Pages
by
CRC Press
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The lives of more than a billion people depend on the answer! Thirty years ago, the Green Revolution changed the way agriculture was practiced on the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP). This valuable book critically analyzes and discusses the rice-wheat cropping system introduced at that time. The Rice-Wheat Cropping System of South Asia: Trends, Constraints, Productivity and Policy addresses the crucial... Read more
Contents
- Preface
- Foreword
- The Rice-Wheat Cropping System of South Asia: Trends, Constraints and Productivity--A Prologue
- Long-Term Yield Trends in the Rice-Wheat Cropping System: Results from Experiments and Northwest India
- An Agroclimatological Characterization of the Indo-Gangetic Plains
- Legumes and Diversification of the Rice-Wheat Cropping System
- Policy Re-Directions for Sustainable Resource Use: The Rice-Wheat Cropping System of the Indo-Gangetic Plains
- Synthesis of Systems Diagnosis: “Is the Sustainability of the Rice-Wheat Cropping System Threatened?”--An Epilogue
- Index
- Reference Notes Included
Biography
Palit Kataki
