A5057741389- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Agricultural Economics and Practices
- Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement
- Agricultural risk and resilience
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Genetically Modified Organisms Research
- Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
- Agricultural pest management studies
- Agricultural Economics and Policy
- Agricultural Science and Fertilization
- Intellectual Property and Patents
- Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets
- Agriculture and Rural Development Research
- Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
- Crop Yield and Soil Fertility
- Land Rights and Reforms
- Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- Income, Poverty, and Inequality
- Indian Economic and Social Development
- Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
- Genetics and Plant Breeding
- Agricultural Systems and Practices
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
International Fertilizer Development Center
2012-2025
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
2008-2015
Cancer Institute of Florida
2009-2010
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
2009-2010
International Food Policy Research Institute
2007-2008
Meeting human needs within the ecological limits of our planet calls for continuous reflection on, and redesigning of, agricultural technologies practices. Such include fertilisers, discovery use which have been one key factors increasing crop yield, productivity food security. Fertiliser comes, however, at an environmental cost, fertilisers also not a very economically effective production factor to lift many poor farmers out poverty, especially in African countries where application on...
Minor millets are examples of underutilized plant species, being locally important but rarely traded internationally with an unexploited economic potential.In the Kolli hills Tamil Nadu, India, a genetically diverse pool minor millet varieties grown by tribal farming communities to meet their subsistence food needs.Most these crops were not outside community.Despite consumption preference among for millets, in recent past acreage under have declined considerably due availability substitute...
<title>Abstract</title> Maize (<italic>Zea mays</italic> L.) is the most important cereal staple in sub-Saharan Africa. Yet, smallholders only produce about 20% of what biophysically possible with agronomic best practices. On-farm researcher- and farmer-managed experiments were conducted two consecutive cropping seasons Central Mozambique to disentangle relative contribution genotype-by-environment-by-management (G x E M) interactions smallholder maize yields relation improved varieties,...
ABSTRACT There is a lack of studies examining the effects prolonged waterlogging on both yield and nutrient uptake partitioning in teff. A greenhouse study was conducted to assess impact different durations teff's growth, yield, among grain, straw, root components. Teff plants were subjected five as days after transplanting (DAT) ranging from upland entire growing period (WHOLE). No significant differences treatments for most parameters observed. However, grain straw dry matter yields showed...
In Asia and Africa the poor tend to live in marginal environments where droughts floods are frequent. Global warming is expected increase frequency of these weather-induced perturbations crop production. Drought tolerance (DT) has been one most difficult traits improve genetic improvement programs worldwide. Biotechnology provides breeders with a number new tools that may help develop more drought tolerant varieties such as marker assisted selection (MAS), molecular breeding (MB), transgenic...
Abstract This research characterizes the biological diversity of millet crops in semiarid regions India at household and village‐community ( panchayat ) scales analysis, placing that evidence context local seed systems. A set system parameters span formal informal exchange can be measured empirically are proposed. The analysis is based on data collected through sample surveys farmers traders selected sites Karnataka Andhra Pradesh, combined with cultivar taxonomies developed geneticists...
Abstract Indian agricultural input industries have gone through a major transformation in the last 40 years. State owned firms grew during Green Revolution and then stagnated or declined. corporations that were protected from foreign competition are now exporters of tractors pesticides. Foreign multinational rapidly increasing their role seed, pesticide, tractor industries. Entry by large multinationals has increased Private agribusiness R&D India $23 million 1985 to $250 2009 2005 US...
Teff [Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter] has gained high demand and popularity across the world in recent years. Data on nutrient uptake partitioning nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) indices of teff under balanced fertilization are scarce. A greenhouse experiment was conducted to study effect six different (N) rates (0,25,50,100,150,200 mg N kg−1) agronomic performance teff. These treatments were arranged a Complete Randomized Design with four replicates. Aboveground dry matter phosphorus (P)...
Abstract Although farmer market participation raises income, it often also reduces on-farm varietal diversity. However, for under-utilized crops like minor millets, may actually encourage growers to increase diversity through better access new varieties exchanged at local markets and higher returns from already grown. We test this hypothesis in two different agro-ecological niches, the Plains Hills southern India. Empirical results based on propensity score matching indicate that, less...
Purpose Since the start of seed and other market reforms in 1990s, annual number improved varietal releases for maize Kenya has increased substantially. Prior to reforms, private firms were restricted introducing new varieties, could not protect their intellectual property farmers had rely exclusively on seeds developed marketed by public sector. Reforms have resulted only entering releasing but also an increase The purpose this paper is review some key policy related Kenya, impacts...
The purpose of the research paper is to characterize biological diversity related millets in semi-arid regions India at various spatial scales analysis (e.g., farm household versus community levels) and place that evidence a broader seed systems (includes both formal informal) context. An important finding this producer access millet genetic resources affected by extent which traded via markets or through other social institutions, along with characteristics. Findings also underscore need...