?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F8555%2F&rft.title=An+Appraisal+of+the+Package+of+Practices+Approach+in+Adotion+of+Modern+Varieties&rft.creator=Ryan%2C+J+G&rft.creator=Subrahmanyam%2C+K+V&rft.subject=Agriculture-Farming%2C+Production%2C+Technology%2C+Economics&rft.subject=Fertilizer+Applications&rft.description=Much+of+the+research+and+extension+effort+in+India+in+connection+with+the+development+and+release+of+modern+varieties+(MV's)+since+the+mid-1960's+has+revolved+around+the+concept+of+a+%22package+of+pratices%22.+Farmers+have+generally+been+extolled+to+adopt+the+MV's+of+crops+like+paddy%2C+wheat%2C+bajra%2C+jowar+and+maize+along+with+vastly+increased+amounts+of+fertilizers%2C+pesticides%2C+insecticides%2C+etc%2C+to+gain+maximum+benefit+from+the+new+technology.+The+implication+with+farmers+and+others+seem+to+derive+from+the+literature+on+MV's+is+that+unless+they+include+all+parts+of+the+input+package+at+their+%22recommended%22+levels%2C+then+MV+technology+will+not+be+of+any+benefit...&rft.publisher=International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics&rft.date=1975&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F8555%2F1%2FRP-02538.pdf&rft.identifier=++Ryan%2C+J+G+and+Subrahmanyam%2C+K+V++(1975)+An+Appraisal+of+the+Package+of+Practices+Approach+in+Adotion+of+Modern+Varieties.++Documentation.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics%2C+Patancheru%2C+Telangana.+++++