Getting the focus right: Production constraints for six major food crops in Asian and African farming systems

Food Security

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-48

  Waddington, Stephen R ^a   Li, Xiaoyun ^a   Dixon, John ^b   Hyman, Glenn ^c   de Vicente, M Carmen ^d  

^a CIMMYT Impacts Targeting and Assessment Unit   (Mexico)

^b Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research   (Australia)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^d INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Crop production constraints; Food crops; Poverty; Smallholder farming systems; Yield gap

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CASSAVA; CEREAL; CROP PLANT; CROP YIELD; DROUGHT; FARMING SYSTEM; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FIELD SURVEY; FOOD PRODUCTION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LEGUME; POVERTY; SOIL TYPE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WEED CONTROL;

FAR EAST; SOUTH ASIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AFRICAN CASSAVA MOSAIC VIRUS; BOTRYTIS; CICER ARIETINUM; HELICOVERPA; HEXAPODA; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; STRIGA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77949279108     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-010-0053-8     Document Type: Article

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