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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| description | 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 control and moderate to high management inputs. Although modern rice cultivars have been adopted in less favourable environments, farmers also continue to rely on their traditional cultivars in the uplands and rainfed lowlands. Rice breeding strategies are now being developed that are more tailored to such unfavourable rice environments. Farmers` criteria for selecting or rejecting different rices in the unfavourable regions constitute a valuable resource for programmes interested in improving the productivity of such bypassed areas. |
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| spelling | CGSpace551422024-01-09T09:49:11Z Side-stepped by the green revolution: farmers` traditional rice cultivars in the uplands and rainfed lowlands Fujisaka, Sam oryza sativa agricultural development high yielding varieties upland rice rainfed farming desarrollo agrícola variedades de alto rendimiento arroz de secano cultivo de temporal 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 control and moderate to high management inputs. Although modern rice cultivars have been adopted in less favourable environments, farmers also continue to rely on their traditional cultivars in the uplands and rainfed lowlands. Rice breeding strategies are now being developed that are more tailored to such unfavourable rice environments. Farmers` criteria for selecting or rejecting different rices in the unfavourable regions constitute a valuable resource for programmes interested in improving the productivity of such bypassed areas. 1999 2015-01-28T14:17:28Z 2015-01-28T14:17:28Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/55142 en Open Access Intermediate Technology Publications (ITP) Fujisaka, Sam. 1999. Side-stepped by the green revolution: Farmers` traditional rice cultivars in the uplands and rainfed lowlands. In: Prain, Gordon; Fujisaka, Sam; Warren, Michael D. (eds.). Biological and cultural diversity: The role of indigenous agricultural experimentation in development. Intermediate Technology Publications (ITP), London, GB. p. 50-63. (IT studies in indigenous knowledge and development) |
| spellingShingle | oryza sativa agricultural development high yielding varieties upland rice rainfed farming desarrollo agrícola variedades de alto rendimiento arroz de secano cultivo de temporal Fujisaka, Sam Side-stepped by the green revolution: farmers` traditional rice cultivars in the uplands and rainfed lowlands |
| title | Side-stepped by the green revolution: farmers` traditional rice cultivars in the uplands and rainfed lowlands |
| title_full | Side-stepped by the green revolution: farmers` traditional rice cultivars in the uplands and rainfed lowlands |
| title_fullStr | Side-stepped by the green revolution: farmers` traditional rice cultivars in the uplands and rainfed lowlands |
| title_full_unstemmed | Side-stepped by the green revolution: farmers` traditional rice cultivars in the uplands and rainfed lowlands |
| title_short | Side-stepped by the green revolution: farmers` traditional rice cultivars in the uplands and rainfed lowlands |
| title_sort | side stepped by the green revolution farmers traditional rice cultivars in the uplands and rainfed lowlands |
| topic | oryza sativa agricultural development high yielding varieties upland rice rainfed farming desarrollo agrícola variedades de alto rendimiento arroz de secano cultivo de temporal |
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