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Seed delivery system: The key for a sustainable pulse agriculture for smallholder farmers
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Seed delivery system: The key for a sustainable pulse agriculture for smallholder farmers
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Mula, M G
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Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
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Seed is the life-blood of agriculture and the foundation of a successful farming for smallholder farmers. Good quality seeds, which have genetic and physical purity; health standards; high germination and moistu re percentage , can increase farmer's production by 20-30% The Green Revolution (GR) program has influenced seed supply system in the 70's in vegetables and cereals but not in pulses , which is mainly grown in the drylands. The current seed flow in pulses reveals that marketing and usage from a system of free access and/or exchange is limited to seed growers or seed producers , traders (middlemen) and agricultural government agencies.... |
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Green Farming
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2012
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Article
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application/pdf
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en
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http://oar.icrisat.org/6407/1/GrrenFarming_3_6_1-1_2012.pdf
Mula, M G (2012) Seed delivery system: The key for a sustainable pulse agriculture for smallholder farmers. Green Farming, 3 (6). p. 1. ISSN 0974-0775 |
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