Gowda, C L L and Reddy, B V S and Ramesh, S (2005) From subsistence to market-oriented agriculture: sorghum case study. Financing Agriculture, 37 (2). pp. 34-40.
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Abstract
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) is a major cereal ranking fifth in the world after wheat, maize and barley. It is the third important foodgrain after rice and wheat for millions of the poorest and most foodinsecure in the Semi-Arid Tropics (SAT) in India. Being a C4 species with higher photosynthetic ability, and nitrogen and wateruse efflclency, is genetically well suited to the hot and dry agroecosystems It is difficult to profitably cultivate foodgrain crops such as maize.
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| Subjects: | Mandate crops > Sorghum |
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| Date Deposited: | 02 Nov 2011 08:27 |
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| URI: | http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/3549 |
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