relation: http://oar.icrisat.org/10196/
title: Analysing Scientific Strength and  Varietal Generation, Adoption and  Turnover in Peninsular India: The Case  of Sorghum, Pearl Millet, Chickpea,  Pigeonpea and Groundnut
creator: Kumara Charyulu, D
creator: Bantilan, M C S
creator: Raja Laxmi, A
creator: Moses Shyam, D
subject: Pearl Millet
subject: Agricultural Research
subject: Chickpea
subject: Pigeonpea
subject: Groundnut
subject: Sorghum
description: The importance of crop genetic improvement research  is demonstrated by the Green Revolution,  which led to a rapid increase in food production  in Asia. Those productivity gains contributed to  a reduction in poverty directly through increased  farm-household income and indirectly through  a long-term decline in the prices of food grains,  which account for a large share of poor consumers’  expenditure. The success of crop genetic improvement  research that led to the development of improved  varieties of food crops is well documented  (Evenson and Gollin, 2003; Bantilan et al., 2013).  Despite the rapid progress made in the past,  poverty is still concentrated in South Asia with  around 571 million or one-third of the world’s  poor, estimated at about 1.29 billion in 2011  (World Bank, 2012). Substantial scope exists for  further reducing poverty through crop genetic  improvement by increasing or stabilizing the  yield of major food crops, particularly the dryland  crops in South Asia. Modern varietal change  by itself may not lift large numbers of people out  of poverty, but greater dynamism in this area  can go a long way toward moving poor people  closer to that threshold. Moreover, modern varietal  change can set the stage for the adoption of  improved crop management practices, thereby  making it possible for farmers to reduce the cost  of production substantially...
publisher: CGIAR and CAB International
contributor: Walker, T S
contributor: Alwang, J
date: 2015
type: Book Section
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: http://oar.icrisat.org/10196/1/Chapter%2014.pdf
identifier:   Kumara Charyulu, D and Bantilan, M C S and Raja Laxmi, A and Moses Shyam, D  (2015) Analysing Scientific Strength and Varietal Generation, Adoption and Turnover in Peninsular India: The Case of Sorghum, Pearl Millet, Chickpea, Pigeonpea and Groundnut.   In:  Crop Improvement, Adoption and Impact of Improved Varieties in Food Crops in Sub-Saharan Africa.   CGIAR and CAB International, UK, pp. 265-293.  ISBN 9781780644011