Side-stepped by the green revolution: farmers` traditional rice cultivars in the uplands and rainfed lowlands

SINCE THE mid-1960s, rice farmers in the irrigated areas of Asia have rapidly adopted `Green Revolution` rices because of their responsiveness to nitrogen fertilizer and their higher yields, shorter crop duration, and shorter stature. Such cultivars were well suited to systems with good water contro...

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Autor principal: Fujisaka, Sam
Formato: Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Intermediate Technology Publications (ITP) 1999
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/55142

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