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Analysing Scientific Strength and Varietal Generation, Adoption and Turnover in Peninsular India: The Case of Sorghum, Pearl Millet, Chickpea, Pigeonpea and Groundnut

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Title Analysing Scientific Strength and
Varietal Generation, Adoption and
Turnover in Peninsular India: The Case
of Sorghum, Pearl Millet, Chickpea,
Pigeonpea and Groundnut
 
Creator Kumara Charyulu, D
Bantilan, M C S
Raja Laxmi, A
Moses Shyam, D
 
Subject Pearl Millet
Agricultural Research
Chickpea
Pigeonpea
Groundnut
Sorghum
 
Description The importance of crop genetic improvement research
is demonstrated by the Green Revolution,
which led to a rapid increase in food production
in Asia. Those productivity gains contributed to
a reduction in poverty directly through increased
farm-household income and indirectly through
a long-term decline in the prices of food grains,
which account for a large share of poor consumers’
expenditure. The success of crop genetic improvement
research that led to the development of improved
varieties of food crops is well documented
(Evenson and Gollin, 2003; Bantilan et al., 2013).
Despite the rapid progress made in the past,
poverty is still concentrated in South Asia with
around 571 million or one-third of the world’s
poor, estimated at about 1.29 billion in 2011
(World Bank, 2012). Substantial scope exists for
further reducing poverty through crop genetic
improvement by increasing or stabilizing the
yield of major food crops, particularly the dryland
crops in South Asia. Modern varietal change
by itself may not lift large numbers of people out
of poverty, but greater dynamism in this area
can go a long way toward moving poor people
closer to that threshold. Moreover, modern varietal
change can set the stage for the adoption of
improved crop management practices, thereby
making it possible for farmers to reduce the cost
of production substantially...
 
Publisher CGIAR and CAB International
 
Contributor Walker, T S
Alwang, J
 
Date 2015
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/10196/1/Chapter%2014.pdf
Kumara Charyulu, D and Bantilan, M C S and Raja Laxmi, A and Moses Shyam, D (2015) Analysing Scientific Strength and Varietal Generation, Adoption and Turnover in Peninsular India: The Case of Sorghum, Pearl Millet, Chickpea, Pigeonpea and Groundnut. In: Crop Improvement, Adoption and Impact of Improved Varieties in Food Crops in Sub-Saharan Africa. CGIAR and CAB International, UK, pp. 265-293. ISBN 9781780644011