?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=532-2013&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F7932%2F&rft.title=Groundnut+Baseline+and+Early-Adoption+Surveys+in+South+Asia%3A%0D%0AInsights+from+TL-II+(Phase-1)+Project%3A+Synthesis+Report+2013&rft.creator=Karunakaran%2C+K+R&rft.creator=Gracy%2C+C+P&rft.creator=Lokesha%2C+H&rft.creator=Bantilan%2C+M+C+S&rft.creator=Kumara+Charyulu%2C+D&rft.creator=Rao%2C+P+P&rft.creator=Nageswara+Rao%2C+G+D&rft.creator=Vaithiyalingan%2C+M&rft.creator=Nadaf%2C+H+L&rft.creator=Venkataramana%2C+P&rft.creator=Upadhyaya%2C+H+D&rft.creator=Janila%2C+P&rft.creator=Rao%2C+K+P+C&rft.subject=Groundnut&rft.description=The+production+of+groundnut+and+its+cultivated+areas+in+India+showed+a+steady+growth+till+the+end%0D%0Aof+the+twentieth+century.+Groundnut%2C+however%2C+lost+its+preeminence+as+the+most+important+oilseed%0D%0Acrop+in+the+country+during+the+last+13+years+after+the+liberalization+of+edible+oil+imports.+More%0D%0Arecently+the+importance+of+groundnut+is+increasing+for+food+uses.+Despite+a+growth+in+productivity%0D%0Aeven+during+the+last+decade%2C+the+crop+is+losing+areas+in+all+the+important+growing+states+to+more%0D%0Aprofitable+crops.+India+is+incurring+a+heavy+import+bill+for+the+import+of+edible+oils.+India+has%0D%0Arelaunched+a+technology+mission+titled+the+%E2%80%98Integrated+Scheme+of+Oilseeds%2C+Pulses%2C+Oil+Palm+and%0D%0AMaize%E2%80%99+development+program+to+improve+the+productivity+and+production+of+oilseeds+in+the+country%0D%0Aand+to+reduce+dependence+on+the+imports+of+edible+oil.+Groundnut+is+one+of+the+mandate+crops%0D%0Aof+the+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-arid+Tropics+(ICRISAT)%2C+and+this+premier%0D%0Ainternational+institute+has+been+contributing+its+bit+for+genetic+improvement%2C+crop+production%0D%0Aand+protection+practices+in+India+and+Africa+during+the+last+four+decades.+The+generous+support%0D%0Areceived+from+the+Bill+%26+Melinda+Gates+Foundation+has+provided+ICRISAT+an+opportunity+to+work%0D%0Amore+intensively+with+its+research+and+development+partners+to+demonstrate+the+potential+of+new%0D%0Atechnologies+to+enhance+the+yields%2C+raise+the+profitability+and+revive+the+interest+of+the+farmers%0D%0Ain+groundnut+crop+in+India+and+the+strategy+chosen+is+the+Farmer+Participatory+Varietal+Selection%0D%0A(FPVS).+This+report+synthesizes+the+efforts+made+during+the+short+period+of+three+years+(2007%E2%80%9310)+in%0D%0Athe+states+of+Karnataka+and+Tamil+Nadu+for+groundnut+crop+improvement+in+India.+Overall%2C+the+FPVS%0D%0Aresults+established+that+the+new+varieties+out-yielded+the+respective+check+varieties+in+two+states.%0D%0ADue+to+different+constraints+and+lack+of+institutional+support%2C+the+adoption+of+those+cultivars+was+low%0D%0Ain+the+targeted+districts.+From+the+past+lessons+learned%2C+the+report+refocuses+on+the+further+efforts%0D%0Aneeded+during+the+second+phase+of+the+project+to+achieve+greater+success+and+impact.&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%2F7932%2F1%2FRP_20.pdf&rft.identifier=++Karunakaran%2C+K+R+and+Gracy%2C+C+P+and+Lokesha%2C+H+and+Bantilan%2C+M+C+S+and+Kumara+Charyulu%2C+D+and+Rao%2C+P+P+and+Nageswara+Rao%2C+G+D+and+Vaithiyalingan%2C+M+and+Nadaf%2C+H+L+and+Venkataramana%2C+P+and+Upadhyaya%2C+H+D+and+Janila%2C+P+and+Rao%2C+K+P+C++(2013)+Groundnut+Baseline+and+Early-Adoption+Surveys+in+South+Asia%3A+Insights+from+TL-II+(Phase-1)+Project%3A+Synthesis+Report+2013.++Monograph.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics%2C+Patancheru%2C+Hyderabad%2C+Andhra+Pradesh.+++++&rft.relation=532-2013