?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F1053%2F&rft.title=Increasing+Livestock+Productivity+in+Mixed+Crop-Livestock+Systems+in+South+Asia+Proceedings+of+a+Planning+Workshop+of+Regional+Stakeholders+15-17+Nov+1999&rft.creator=Thomas%2C+D&rft.subject=Agriculture-Farming%2C+Production%2C+Technology%2C+Economics&rft.description=The+inception+workshop+of+stakeholders+in+the+new+project+%22Increasing+Livestock%0D%0AProductivity+in+Mixed+Crop-Livestock+Systems+in+South+Asia%22+was+held+at+the%0D%0AInternational+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics+(ICRISAT)%2C%0D%0APatancheru%2C+Andhra+Pradesh%2C+India+f+rom+the+15-17+November%2C+1999.+The%0D%0Aworkshop+brought+together+natural+and+social+scientists.%0D%0AThree+international+agricultural+research+centers+(International+Crops+Research%0D%0AInstitute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics%2C+the+International+Livestock+Research+Institute%2C%0D%0Aand+the+Centro+Internacional+de+Mejoramiento+de+Maiz+y+Trigo)+of+the+Consultative%0D%0AGroup+on+International+Agricultural+Research+(CGIAR)+were+represented.+The%0D%0Anational+agricultural+research+systems+(NARS)+of+four+countries+in+South+Asia%3B%0D%0ABangladesh%2C+India%2C+Nepal+and+Sri+Lanka+and+one+advanced+institution+-+the+Natural%0D%0AResources+Institute+(NRI+)+%2C+University+of+Greenwich%2C+UK+-+also+participated+in+the%0D%0Aworkshop.%0D%0AThe+purpose+of+this+project+is+to+develop+a+crop-livestock+typology+that+wi+l+l%0D%0Aultimately+improve+the+effectiveness+of+technical+and+socio-economic%0D%0Ainterventions+aimed+at+improving+animal+performance+and+protecting+the+natural%0D%0Aresource+base+at+farm+level+in+South+Asia.+The+workshop+provided+an+overview+of%0D%0Athe+project+proposal%2C+the+allocation+of+resources+for+specific+activities%2C+the%0D%0Adefinition+of+specific+milestones%2C+a+description+of+crop-livestock+systems+in+the%0D%0Aregions+and+the+status+of+data+available+on+livestock+production+in+the+four%0D%0Acountries.%0D%0AThe+CGIAR+Systemwide+Livestock+Program+(SLP)%2C+co-ordinated+by+the%0D%0AInternational+Livestock+Research+Institute+(+ILRI+)+%2C+financially+supported+the%0D%0Aworkshop.+This+initiative+was+established+in+1995+to+promote+the+formation+of+ecoregional%0D%0Aresearch+consortia+between+the+crop+and+livestock+centers+of+the+CGIAR%2C%0D%0Athe+NARS+and+advanced+institutions+in+developed+countries+to+address+common%0D%0Aproblems.+The+SLP+is+a+component+of+the+global+research+program+of+the+ILRI+.&rft.publisher=International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics&rft.date=1999&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F1053%2F1%2FRA_000326.pdf&rft.identifier=++Thomas%2C+D++(1999)+Increasing+Livestock+Productivity+in+Mixed+Crop-Livestock+Systems+in+South+Asia+Proceedings+of+a+Planning+Workshop+of+Regional+Stakeholders+15-17+Nov+1999.++Manual.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics.+++++