On-farm economic and environmental impact of zero-tillage wheat: A case of North-West India

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-16

  Aryal, Jeetendra Prakash ^a   Sapkota, Tek B ^b   Jat, M L ^b   Bishnoi, Dalip K ^c  

^a International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) Climate Economist South Asia   (India)

^b National Agricultural Science Center (NASC) Complex   (India)

^c CCS HARYANA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

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EID: 84917671225     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: 14694441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S001447971400012X     Document Type: Article

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