eprintid: 8555
rev_number: 13
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datestamp: 2015-02-17 03:43:02
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type: monograph
metadata_visibility: show
contact_email: Library-ICRISAT@CGIAR.ORG
creators_name: Ryan, J G
creators_name: Subrahmanyam, K V
icrisatcreators_name: Ryan, J G
icrisatcreators_name: Subrahmanyam, K V
affiliation: ICRISAT(Patancheru)
country: India
title: An Appraisal of the Package of Practices Approach in Adotion of Modern Varieties
ispublished: pub
subjects: s2.4
subjects: s2.5
full_text_status: restricted
monograph_type: documentation
keywords: Fertilizers, Pesticides, Plant protection, RP2538
abstract: 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 "package of pratices". Farmers have generally been extolled to adopt the MV's of crops like paddy, wheat, bajra, jowar and maize along with vastly increased amounts of fertilizers, pesticides, insecticides, etc, 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 "recommended" levels, then MV technology will not be of any benefit...
date: 1975
series: Occasional Paper 11
publisher: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
place_of_pub: Patancheru, Telangana
pages: 22
institution: International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics
department: Economics
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related_url_type: pub
citation:   Ryan, J G and Subrahmanyam, 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, Patancheru, Telangana.     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/8555/1/RP-02538.pdf