<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Regional opportunities for warm season grain legumes in the Indo-Gangetic Plain"^^ . "The major warm season grain legume crops grown in the region of the\r\nIndo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) are pigeonpea, mung bean, block gram,\r\ncowpea, groundnut, and soybean, There has been a general decline in\r\ntheir area and production in the region over recent decades, coinciding\r\nwith intensification of cereal-dominated cropping systems such as the\r\nrice-wheat rotation. Various abiotic, biotic, and socioeconomic\r\nconstraints can explain the poor performance of these legumes, relative to\r\nthat of cereals and cash crops. Further, there is little government price and\r\npolicy support for grain legumes, compared with the major cereals. These\r\nlegumes generally remain as subsistence crops, with a consequent\r\nreluctance of farmers to invest in key inputs that could raise and stabilize\r\nyields to economically competitive levels. Nevertheless, there is evidence\r\nthat the regional demand for the products (e.g., grain, vegetable oil, and\r\nfuelwood) of these legumes remains or is increasing. Further, in view of\r\nincreasing questions about the long-term sustainability of cereal-based\r\nmonocropping, there is a rationale for substantially increasing the\r\nproportion of legumes in cropping systems of the IGP. There is thus a case\r\nfor stimulating their production in the region.\r\nThere are several niches in the IGP where legume cultivation can be\r\nsubstantially increased, particularly to take advantage of recent\r\nimprovements in genotype and agronomic practices. There are also\r\nseveral recent location-specific examples, inside and outside of the region,\r\nof dramatic improvements in production of grain legumes (e.g., mung bean in Pakistan); it is worthwhile analyzing the reasons for success with\r\na view to emulating the success in specific niches of the IGP. Invariably,\r\nthe way forward for each of these crops is to move towards\r\ncommercialization of their production, initiated by appropriate policy\r\nincentives. It is concluded that there can be substantial increases in\r\nproduction of these legumes in the IGP without undue competition with\r\nrice or wheat. On the contrary, greater use of legumes in rice- and wheatbased\r\ncropping systems should ultimately improve total system\r\nproductivity and sustainability."^^ . "2000" . . . "ICRISAT"^^ . . "ICRISAT"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "C"^^ . "Johansen"^^ . "C Johansen"^^ . . "M"^^ . "Ali"^^ . "M Ali"^^ . . "Y S"^^ . "Chauhan"^^ . "Y S Chauhan"^^ . . "A"^^ . "Ramakrishna"^^ . "A Ramakrishna"^^ . . "S N"^^ . "Nigam"^^ . "S N Nigam"^^ . . "C L L"^^ . "Gowda"^^ . "C L L Gowda"^^ . . . . . . "Regional opportunities for warm season grain legumes in the Indo-Gangetic Plain (PDF)"^^ . . . . . . . . "Regional_opportunities_for_warm_2000.pdf"^^ . . . "Regional opportunities for warm season grain legumes in the Indo-Gangetic Plain (Image (JPEG))"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #2041 \n\nRegional opportunities for warm season grain legumes in the Indo-Gangetic Plain\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Chickpea"@en . . . "Pigeonpea"@en . . . "Groundnut"@en . .