Proceedings of the International Symposium on Minimum Data Sets for Agrotechnology Transfer

    ICRISAT, - (1984) Proceedings of the International Symposium on Minimum Data Sets for Agrotechnology Transfer. Other. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics.

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    Abstract

    Successful transfer of agrotechnology from research station to farmers' fields or from one country to another depends on matching the requirements of a c r o p to the characteristics of its environment and the resources of the farmer. The International Benchmark Sites Network for Agrotechnology Transfer (IBSNAT) was established to increase both the speed and the success rate of technology transfer, using systems analysis and computer simulation models to eliminate the guesswork of trial-and-error transfer methods. The minimum data set needed to simulate crop requirements in relation to soil, climate, and management, so as to predict crop performance, was discussed at an international symposium in March 1983. Fifty-six scientists from regional, national, and international research centers chose ten crops for study across a worldwide network of experimental sites. As a result of the symposium a minimum data set applicable to several crops has been circulated to IBSNAT cooperators. Agronomists and crop modelers are jointly designing field experiments to test the adequacy of this data set and to determine more precisely the additional data needed for each crop and for its adaptation to different environments. The proceedings make available much current information about crop models and simulation models of climate, crops, and soils and should be of interest to many agricultural and biological scientists. ICRISAT is pleased to accept responsibility for publishing the proceedings of this symposium.

    Item Type: Monograph (Other)
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    Subjects: Others > Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
    Depositing User: Library ICRISAT
    Date Deposited: 02 Sep 2011 19:07
    Last Modified: 02 Sep 2011 19:07
    URI: http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/812
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