%0 Report %9 Project Report %A ICRISAT, - %A International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics , %B Project %C Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India %D 1994 %F icrisat:7655 %I International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics %K agricultural research; research projects; ICRISAT; tropics; crop production; productivity; sustainability; Asia; West Africa; Central Africa; soil management; water management; fertilizers;resource management; alfisols; RP09854 %T Multi Commodity Systems Project 3: strategies for enhanced productivity and sustainability in tropical, intermediate rainfall zone %U http://oar.icrisat.org/7655/ %X This document provides an overview on: the project, its objectives and activities, proposed team members, budget details and its 3 subprojects- design and evaluation of strategies to overcome soil, water and nutrient management constraints to cropintensification in high water holding capacity soils in PS 7 (Asia) and PS 15 (WCA); identification of resource management strategies for improved and sustainable crop production in medium-low water holding capacity soils (sandy alfisols in WCA, vertic inceptisols and alfisols in Asia) in PS 7 andPS 15; and enhancing sustainability of postrainy season cropping in PS 8 via crop and soil management interventions