?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F986%2F&rft.title=Sorghum+research+and+development+network+for+Asia%3A+report+of+the+Consultative+Meeting+to+Consider+the+Establishment+of+a+Sorghum+Research+and+Development+Network+for+Asia&rft.creator=Alagarswamy%2C+G&rft.creator=Stenhouse%2C+J+W&rft.creator=Pattanayak%2C+C+M&rft.subject=Sorghum&rft.description=This+publication+is+a+report+of+a+consultative+group+meeting+of+Asian+National+Scientists+and+Administrators+to+discuss+sorghum+production+constraints+in+Asia%2C+and+the+means+to+alleviate+them.+Selected+participants+f+rom+Asian+countries+led+discussions+and+prepared+summaries+on+utilization+of+end+products%2C+common+production+constraints+and+future+prospects%2C+research+priorities%2C+and+transfer+of+varieties+and+technologies+to+farmers.+Following+the+presentation+of+summaries%2C+the+group+resolved+to+establish+a+Sorghum+Research+and+Development+Network+for+Asia+to+enable+rapid+progress+in+technology+generation%2C+adaptation%2C+and+adoption+by+pooling+resources+and+expertise.+The+overall+goal+of+the+network+is+to+elevate+the+status+of+sorghum+from+that+of+a+mere+subsistence+crop+to+a+high-value+crop.+The+group+recommended+that+ICRISAT+should+initiate+and+coordinate+the+activities+of+this+network.&rft.publisher=International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics&rft.date=1992&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F986%2F1%2F&rft.identifier=++Alagarswamy%2C+G+and+Stenhouse%2C+J+W+and+Pattanayak%2C+C+M++(1992)+Sorghum+research+and+development+network+for+Asia%3A+report+of+the+Consultative+Meeting+to+Consider+the+Establishment+of+a+Sorghum+Research+and+Development+Network+for+Asia.++Other.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics.+++++