Partnering with farmers to accelerate adoption of new technologies in South Asia to improve wheat productivity

Euphytica

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 399-407

  Ortiz Ferrara, G ^a   Joshi, A K ^b   Chand, R ^b   Bhatta, M R ^d   Mudwari, A ^c   Thapa, D B ^c   Sufian, M A ^e   Saikia, T P ^f   Chatrath, R ^g   Witcombe, J R ^h   Virk, D S ^h   Sharma, R C ^a  

^a International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center Nepal   (Nepal)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Natl Agricultural Research Centre   (Nepal)

^d National Agric Research Council   (Nepal)

^e Wheat Research Center   (Bangladesh)

^f ASSAM AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^g ICAR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF WHEAT AND BARLEY RESEARCH   (India)

^h BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

"Mother Baby" trial; Grain yield; Participatory varietal selection; Resource conservation technology; Technology adoption; Triticum aestivum; Wheat

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 34447294662     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: 15735060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-007-9353-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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