<mods:mods version="3.3" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-3.xsd" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><mods:titleInfo><mods:title>Potential for improving agricultural production through&#13;
biotechnology in the semi-arid tropics</mods:title></mods:titleInfo><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">R</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Ortiz</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">P J</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Bramel-Cox</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">C T</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Hash</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">N</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Mallikarjuna</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">D V R</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Reddy</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">N</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Seetharama</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">H C</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Sharma</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">K K</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Sharma</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">S</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Sivaramakrishnan</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">R P</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Thakur</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">M D</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Winslow</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:abstract>Gains in crop productivity through research advances in genetic enhancement will help to achieve&#13;
sustainable food security, poverty alleviation, and environmental protection in the semi-arid tropics.&#13;
Hence, ICRISAT has a commitment to transfer the benefits of plant biotechnology to the developing&#13;
world, as genes, both relevant to crop improvement and environmentally safe, become available.&#13;
Furthermore, the application of the tools of biotechnology offers a new means to achieve ICRISAT's&#13;
mission, i.e., applying science to improve agriculture in areas of the world where rainfall and biotic&#13;
stresses are the major constraints for increasing and stabilising crop productivity.</mods:abstract><mods:classification authority="lcc">Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics</mods:classification><mods:originInfo><mods:dateIssued encoding="iso8061">2000</mods:dateIssued></mods:originInfo><mods:originInfo><mods:publisher>International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics </mods:publisher></mods:originInfo><mods:genre>Monograph</mods:genre></mods:mods>