?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=ISE+010&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F1174%2F&rft.title=Impact+of+Vertisol+Technology+in+India&rft.creator=Joshi%2C+P+K&rft.creator=Shiyani%2C+R+L&rft.creator=Bantilan%2C+M+C+S&rft.creator=Pathak%2C+P&rft.creator=Rao%2C+G+D+N&rft.subject=Soil+Science&rft.subject=Agriculture-Farming%2C+Production%2C+Technology%2C+Economics&rft.description=Research+on+vertisol+technology+as+a+package+of+options+began+at+ICRISAT+in+1974.+The+technology+was+first+tested+and+demonstrated+on+farmers'+fields+in+Andhra+Pradesh.+Later%2C+on-farm+trials+were+conducted+in+five+states+%E2%80%94+Andhra+Pradesh%2C+Karnataka%2C+Gujarat%2C+Maharashtra%2C+and+Madhya+Pradesh+%E2%80%94+to+understand+the+dynamics+of+adoption+of+various+components+of+the+technology%2C+such+as+summer+cultivation%2C+dry+seeding%2C+crop+protection%2C+improved+varieties%2C+proper+placement+of+seed+and+fertilizer%2C+etc.+The+survey+was+conducted+in+27+villages%2C+where+500+farmers+from+low-%2C+medium-%2C+and+high-rainfall+regions+were+interviewed+using+a%0D%0Awell-designed+questionnaire.+This+study+assesses+the+extent+of+adoption+of+the+various+components+of+vertisol+technology%2C+identifies+the+constraints+to+their+adoption%2C%0D%0Aexamines+farmers'+perceptions+of+the+sustainability+benefits+from+it%2C+estimates+the+on-farm+benefits%2C+and+details+the+relative+significance+of+the+various+components.&rft.publisher=International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics&rft.date=2002&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F1174%2F1%2FRA_00397.pdf&rft.identifier=++Joshi%2C+P+K+and+Shiyani%2C+R+L+and+Bantilan%2C+M+C+S+and+Pathak%2C+P+and+Rao%2C+G+D+N++(2002)+Impact+of+Vertisol+Technology+in+India.++Documentation.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics%2C+Patancheru%2C+Hyderabad%2C+Andhra+Pradesh.+++++&rft.relation=ISE+010