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Managing and harnessing soil flora/fauna biodiversity for sustainable crop production in the semi-arid tropics

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Relation http://oar.icrisat.org/3878/
 
Title Managing and harnessing soil flora/fauna biodiversity
for sustainable crop production in the semi-arid tropics
 
Creator Rupela, O P
Wani, S P
Rego, T J
 
Subject Soil Science
Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
 
Description The Green Revolution initially resulted in high-yielding cereal varieties responsive to increased inputs that addressed the food needs of several countries, particularly
those in Asia. However, after three decades, farmers have started experiencing difficulty in maintaining such high yields, even with increasing levels of inputs. Second-generation issues, fall-outs of the Green Revolution, have now surfaced. These issues include problems associated with soil quality, sustainability, and environmental degradation. Prior to the Green Revolution sustenance agriculture was relatively free from such problems, but it operated at a low level of productivity, that could not sustain the food needs of Asia's evergrowing
population.
 
Date 2002
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/3878/1/Beyond_the_gene_horizon_23-24.pdf
Rupela, O P and Wani, S P and Rego, T J (2002) Managing and harnessing soil flora/fauna biodiversity for sustainable crop production in the semi-arid tropics. In: Beyond the gene horizon: sustaining agricultural productivity and enhancing livelihoods through optimization of crop and crop-associated biodiversity with emphasis on semi-arid tropical agroecosystems. Proceedings of a workshop, 23-25 September 2002, Patancheru, India.