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Lentil for Rice-based Cropping Systems in South Asia

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Title Lentil for Rice-based Cropping Systems in South Asia
 
Creator Agrawal, Shiv Kumar
 
Subject Lentil
 
Description ShortdurationvarietiesoflentilofferopportunitiesforintensificationofricebasedcroppingsystemsinSouthAsia.ICARDAincollaborationwithNARSpartnersinBangladesh,IndiaandNepalhavedevelopedlentilvarietieswithearlymaturityandresistancetoStemphyliumblight,Fusariumwiltandrust.Improvedvarieties(BARIMasur4,BARIMasur5,BARIMasur6,BARIMasur7,BARIMasur8inBangladesh;Moitree,HUL57andIPL316inIndia;Sheetal,SagunandKhajura3inNepal)coupledwithgoodagronomicpracticesweredemonstratedintargetregions.ThiscoupledwithfarmersparticipatoryseedproductionandcapacitybuildingofNARSpartnersincludingfarmershasmorethandoubledlentilproductioninBangladeshfrom80,442tonsin2011to167,261tonsin2015.
 
Date 2016-12-31
2017-03-08T06:55:56Z
2017-03-08T06:55:56Z
 
Type Poster
 
Identifier https://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/download/hash/2tyxe8Qd
Shiv Kumar Agrawal. (31/12/2016). Lentil for Rice-based Cropping Systems in South Asia.
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/6325
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Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-4.0
 
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