@inproceedings{icrisat4345,
       booktitle = {Technology options and economic policy for dryland agriculture: Potential and challenge},
            year = {1983},
           title = {Dry Farming Research : Issues And Approaches},
           pages = {187--217},
          author = {N S Jodha},
             url = {http://oar.icrisat.org/4345/},
        abstract = {Tbc major problems wastraining generation cf dry-farming tech.
nology arc weatha variability, and low rcsoucc allocation for
research. Scientists tod reswch on drylands unattractive as they are
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in slable agr\&atic environments.
This paper discusses the implications of these con{\texttt{\char126}}traints in
terms of the researcb policy-makkrs' expectation profile, recognition
of location s@i6aty, divelopins of multioption technolog, and
widening thc research infrastruaure. It also discusses past efforts in
dryland research md some features of the present approach: (1) integration
of resource and aopcenved technologies; (2) multilocational
testing (3) mechanisms for farm-level testing; and (4)
problem-focused rcaxrch.}
}