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Dry Farming Research : Issues And Approaches

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Title Dry Farming Research : Issues And Approaches
 
Creator Jodha, N S
 
Subject Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
 
Description Tbc major problems wastraining generation cf dry-farming tech.
nology arc weatha variability, and low rcsoucc allocation for
research. Scientists tod reswch on drylands unattractive as they are
of~cnb, y training and incentive systems, accustomed to expcrimcntation
in slable agr&atic environments.
This paper discusses the implications of these con~traints in
terms of the researcb policy-makkrs' expectation profile, recognition
of location s@i6aty, divelopins of multioption technolog, and
widening thc research infrastruaure. It also discusses past efforts in
dryland research md some features of the present approach: (1) integration
of resource and aopcenved technologies; (2) multilocational
testing (3) mechanisms for farm-level testing; and (4)
problem-focused rcaxrch.
 
Date 1983
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/4345/1/CP-243.pdf
Jodha, N S (1983) Dry Farming Research : Issues And Approaches. In: Technology options and economic policy for dryland agriculture: Potential and challenge, 22-24 August 1983, ICRISAT Patancheru, India.