relation: http://oar.icrisat.org/3470/
title: Total factor productivity of rice-wheat cropping systems in India - the role of legumes
creator: Kumar, P
creator: Joshi, P K
creator: Johansen, C
creator: Asokan, M
subject: Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
description: During the past three decades, the rice-wheat cropping systems (RWCS)  in India significantly contributed to enhancing food grain production and  achieving food self-sufficiency and food security. The production system  now is under threat due to stagnating or declining total factor  productivity. Legumes can play a significant role in enhancing the factor  productivity of this most important and productive production system in  the country. Ironically, rice and wheat have replaced the principal  legumes over a period of time. With the availability of high-yielding and  short-duration varieties of important legumes, there is a need to  incorporate them in RWCS to improve the sustainability of the system so  as to meet future food grain demands without degradation of the natural  resource base.
publisher: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
contributor: Johansen, C
contributor: Duxbury, J M
contributor: Virmani, S M
contributor: Gowda, C L L
contributor: Pande, S
contributor: Joshi, P K
date: 2000
type: Book Section
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: http://oar.icrisat.org/3470/1/TotalFactorProductivityOfRice-Wheat166-175.pdf
identifier:   Kumar, P and Joshi, P K and Johansen, C and Asokan, M  (2000) Total factor productivity of rice-wheat cropping systems in India - the role of legumes.   In:  Legumes in rice and wheat cropping systems of the Indo-Gangetic Plain - constraints and opportunities.   International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India, pp. 166-175.  ISBN 92-9066-418-5