<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>GIS Application in Cropping System Analysis - Case Studies in Asia: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Harmonization of Databases for GIS Analysis of Cropping Systems in the Asia Region 18-29 August 1997, ICRISAT, Patancheru, India</mods:title></mods:titleInfo><mods:abstract>"GIS Appl icat ion in Cropping System Analysis - Case Studies in Asia" is a&#13;
product of the hands-on training program for scientists f rom Asian national&#13;
agricultural research systems (NARS) on the use of geographic informat ion&#13;
system (GIS) in analysis of cropping systems. The main objective of this&#13;
training program was to pave a progressive path towards greater&#13;
understanding and use of GIS for meaningful interpretat ion of various&#13;
datasets. This publication contains an overview and methodologies of GIS&#13;
software. Participants f rom Bangladesh, India, Nepal , and Sri Lanka analyzed&#13;
datasets on rice-wheat and legumes using various GIS tools. The individual&#13;
case studies showed changed scenario in crop productivity, diseases, and&#13;
pests. A few case studies dealt wi th thematic mapping for constraints analysis.</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>Book</mods:genre></mods:mods>