?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=531-2013&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F7930%2F&rft.title=Chickpea+Baseline+and+Early+Adoption+Surveys+in+South+Asia+Insights+from+TL-II+(Phase-I)+Project%3A+Synthesis+Report+2013&rft.creator=Suhasini%2C+K&rft.creator=Girish%2C+K+N&rft.creator=Bantilan%2C+M+C+S&rft.creator=Kumara+Charyulu%2C+D&rft.creator=Nageswara+Rao%2C+G+D&rft.creator=Jayalakshmi%2C+V&rft.creator=Vijayakumar%2C+A+G&rft.creator=Mannur%2C+D+M&rft.creator=Satish%2C+Y&rft.creator=Gaur%2C+P+M&rft.creator=Rao%2C+K+P+C&rft.subject=Chickpea&rft.description=Chickpea+is+one+of+the+most+important+pulse+crops+in+India.+Its+area+reached+a+peak+at+the+beginning%0D%0Aof+the+green+revolution+in+the+country%2C+but+rapid+strides+in+wheat+productivity+have+encouraged%0D%0Afarmers+in+north-western+India+to+substitute+wheat+for+chickpea%2C+causing+a+fall+in+its+area+and%0D%0Aproduction.+Nevertheless%2C+the+crop+soon+found+a+new+home+in+the+central+and+southern+states%0D%0Aof+the+country.+It+was+a+big+challenge+for+the+chickpea+scientists+in+India%E2%80%99s+national+program+and%0D%0Aat+the+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-arid+Tropics+(ICRISAT)+to+breed+short%0D%0Aduration+but+high+yielding+varieties+and+develop+a+package+of+practices+suitable+to+the+warmer%0D%0Agrowing+conditions.+Very+soon%2C+the+crop+recovered+area+as+well+as+production+on+the+back+of+rising%0D%0Aproductivity.+For+ICRISAT%2C+the+generous+support+received+from+the+Bill+%26+Melinda+Gates+Foundation%0D%0A(BMGF)+was+an+excellent+opportunity+to+work+with+its+research+and+development+partners+in+India+to%0D%0Aaccelerate+the+productivity+growth+by+following+the+strategy+of+Farmer+Preferred+Varietal+Selection%0D%0A(FPVS).+This+approach+shortens+the+time+needed+to+popularize+the+new+varieties+by+exposing+them+to%0D%0Afarmers+and+by+backing+up+the+varieties+preferred+by+the+farmers+through+intensive+seed+production%0D%0Aefforts.+This+report+documents+the+rapid+strides+made+in+taking+the+new+varieties+to+the+farmers%0D%0Aby+the+FPVS+process%2C+and+producing+and+supplying+the+seeds+of+varieties+preferred+by+them+during%0D%0A2007-10.&rft.publisher=International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics&rft.date=2013&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F7930%2F1%2FRP_19.pdf&rft.identifier=++Suhasini%2C+K+and+Girish%2C+K+N+and+Bantilan%2C+M+C+S+and+Kumara+Charyulu%2C+D+and+Nageswara+Rao%2C+G+D+and+Jayalakshmi%2C+V+and+Vijayakumar%2C+A+G+and+Mannur%2C+D+M+and+Satish%2C+Y+and+Gaur%2C+P+M+and+Rao%2C+K+P+C++(2013)+Chickpea+Baseline+and+Early+Adoption+Surveys+in+South+Asia+Insights+from+TL-II+(Phase-I)+Project%3A+Synthesis+Report+2013.++Monograph.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics%2C+Patancheru%2C+Hyderabad%2C+Andhra+Pradesh.+++++&rft.relation=531-2013