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Research and development priorities for legumes and legume-based cropping systems in the Indo-Gangetic Plain

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Title Research and development priorities for legumes and legume-based cropping systems in the Indo-Gangetic Plain
 
Creator Johansen, C
Duxbury, J M
Virmani, S M
Gowda, C L L
Pande, S
Joshi, P K
 
Subject Chickpea
Pigeonpea
Groundnut
 
Description In this chapter, attempts have been made to synthesize, in summary
form, the major recommendations presented in the previous chapters
and discussed during the workshop. Although, for the convenience of
classification, warm season and cool season legumes have been
differentiated in the previous chapters, henceforth both groups are
considered in unison. There are similar trends and constraints in both
groups and they are indeed merging in terms of their adaptation and
distribution, due to development of genotypes of wider adaptation
than traditional landraces and with less sensitivity to environmental
factors such as photoperiod and temperature.
There is a need to substantially reverse the overall negative trends
for legumes area and productivity in the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP).
Development of sustainable cropping systems requires reintroduction
of legumes in cereal dominated cropping systems, and crop
diversification generally. Food legumes are complementary to, rather
than competitive wi th, cereal crops in both the cropping system and
the human diet. Suggestions for progress are discussed. But progress
will ultimately depend on formation of multidisciplinary working groups implementing focused research and development (R&D)
endeavors. The major requirement is for an integrated approach to
R&D and associated policy issues.
 
Publisher International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
 
Contributor Johansen, C
Duxbury, J M
Virmani, S M
Gowda, C L L
Pande, S
Joshi, P K
 
Date 2000
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/3453/1/ResearchAndDevelopmentPriorities219-223.pdf
Johansen, C and Duxbury, J M and Virmani, S M and Gowda, C L L and Pande, S and Joshi, P K (2000) Research and development priorities for legumes and legume-based cropping systems in the Indo-Gangetic Plain. In: Legumes in rice and wheat cropping systems of the Indo-Gangetic Plain - constraints and opportunities. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India, pp. 219-223. ISBN 92-9066-418-5