Assessing the impact of adaptive agricultural research on accelerating technology deployment The case of zero tillage wheat in India

Outlook on Agriculture

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-126

  Erenstein, Olaf ^a,c   Laxmi, Vijay ^b  

^a NASC Complex   (India)

^b INDIRA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH   (India)

^c International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Accelerating innovation uptake; Adaptive research; Counterfactual; Deployment lag; Impact assessment; Zero tillage

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955631189     PISSN: 00307270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000010791745330     Document Type: Article

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