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Crop variety improvement and its effect on productivity : the impact of international agricultural research /

This book reports on the productivity impacts of varietal improvement research conducted at a number of international centres affiliated with the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. Such centres have been at the forefront of a 40-year effort to breed new varieties of the world...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2003.
Subjects:
Field crops > Breeding.
Field crops > Genetics.
Crop improvement.
Agriculture > Research > International cooperation.
Agricultural productivity.
Agricultural Economics.
Field Crops, (New March 2000)
Plant Breeding and Genetics.
Plant Production.
Arachis hypogaea.
Hordeum vulgare.
Lens culinaris.
Manihot esculenta.
Oryza.
Oryza sativa.
Pennisetum glaucum.
Phaseolus vulgaris.
Solanum tuberosum.
Sorghum bicolor.
Triticum.
Triticum aestivum.
Zea mays.
Barley.
Cassava.
CGIAR.
Crop yield.
Groundnuts.
Lentils.
Maize.
Millets.
Models.
Pearl millet.
Plant breeding.
Potatoes.
Productivity.
Rice.
Wheat.
Electronic books.
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245 0 0 |a Crop variety improvement and its effect on productivity :  |b the impact of international agricultural research /  |c edited by R.E. Evenson, Economic Growth Center, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA and D. Gollin, Department of Economics, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA. 
264 # 1 |a Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK :  |b CABI,  |c 2003. 
264 # 4 |c Ã2003 
300 # # |a 1 online resource (xxv, 522 pages) :  |b illustrations, maps, charts 
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504 # # |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 # |a Foreword / H. Gregersen -- Introduction and Methodology -- Study Design and Scope / R.E. Evenson and D. Gollin -- Crop Genetic Improvement in Developing Countries : Overview and Summary / R.E. Evenson and D. Gollin -- Objectives and Methodology : Crop Genetic Improvement Studies / R.E. Evenson and D. Gollin -- Crop Studies -- Wheat / P.W. Heisey, M.A. Lantican and H.J. Dubin -- International Research and Genetic Improvement in Rice : Evidence from Asia and Latin America / M. Hossain, D. Gollin, V. Cabanilla, E. Cabrera, N. Johnson, G.S. Khush and G. McLaren -- Ecological Diversity and Rice Varietal Improvement in West Africa / T.J. Dalton and R.G. Guei -- Impacts of CIMMYT Maize Breeding Research / M. Morris, M. Mekuria and R. Gerpacio -- Impact of IITA Germplasm Improvement on Maize Production in West and Central Africa / V.M. Manyong, J.G. Kling, K.O. Makinde, S.O. Ajala and A. Menkir -- Impacts of Genetic Improvement in Sorghum / U.K. Deb and M.C.S. Bantilan -- Impacts of Genetic Enhancement in Pearl Millet / M.C.S. Bantilan and U.K. Deb -- Impact of International and National Investment in Barley Germplasm Improvement in the Developing Countries / A. Aw-Hassan, K. Shideed, S. Ceccarelli, W. Erskine, S. Grando and R. Tutwiler -- Impact of CIAT's Genetic Improvement Research on Beans / N.L. Johnson, D. Pachico and C.S. Wortmann -- Economic Impact of International and National Lentil Improvement Research in Developing Countries / A. Aw-Hassan, K. Shideed, A. Sarker, R. Tutwiler and W. Erskine -- Impacts of Genetic Improvement in Groundnut / M.C.S. Bantilan, U.K. Deb and S.N. Nigam -- Potato Genetic Improvement in Developing Countries and CIP's Role in Varietal Change / T.S. Walker, Y.P. Bi, J.H. Li, P.C. Gaur and E. Grande -- Impact of IARC Genetic Improvement Programmes on Cassava / N.L. Johnson, V.M. Manyong, A.G.O. Dixon and D. Pachico -- Country Studies -- Objectives and Methodology for Country Studies / R.E. Evenson -- Impact of Investments in Agricultural Research on Total Factor Productivity in China / S. Rozelle, S. Jin, J. Huang and R. Hu -- Crop Genetic Improvement Impacts on Indian Agriculture / J.W. McKinsey and R.E. Evenson -- Brazil / A.F.D. Avila, R.E. Evenson, S. De Silva and F.A. de Almeida -- Synthesis -- Modern Variety Production : a Synthesis / R.E. Evenson -- Production Impacts of Crop Genetic Improvement / R.E. Evenson -- The Economic Consequences of Crop Genetic Improvement Programmes / R.E. Evenson and M. Rosegrant. 
506 # # |a Access limited to subscribing institution. 
520 3 # |a This book reports on the productivity impacts of varietal improvement research conducted at a number of international centres affiliated with the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. Such centres have been at the forefront of a 40-year effort to breed new varieties of the world's staple food crops. The contributed chapters are the main product of a study initiated and supported by the Impact Assessment and Evaluation Group (now the Standing Panel on Impact Assessment) of the CGIAR. Descriptive data and econometric models have been used to evaluate the impact of research on 11 crops and country case studies in Brazil, China and India. The contents include an introduction and methodology section (3 chapters); crop studies on rice, wheat, maize, sorghum, pearl millet, barley, lentils, potato, cassava, groundnut and common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris); case studies in Brazil, China and India; and a set of 3 synthesis papers reporting global and regional impacts on production and human welfare. The book should prove of significant interest to those working within plant breeding, crop science and agricultural economics. 
530 # # |a Also available in print format. 
588 # # |a Title from PDF title page (viewed August 29, 2013). 
650 # 0 |a Field crops  |x Breeding. 
650 # 0 |a Field crops  |x Genetics. 
650 # 0 |a Crop improvement. 
650 # 0 |a Agriculture  |x Research  |x International cooperation. 
650 # 0 |a Agricultural productivity. 
650 # 4 |a Agricultural Economics. 
650 # 4 |a Field Crops, (New March 2000) 
650 # 4 |a Plant Breeding and Genetics. 
650 # 4 |a Plant Production. 
650 # 7 |a Arachis hypogaea.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Hordeum vulgare.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Lens culinaris.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Manihot esculenta.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Oryza.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Oryza sativa.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Pennisetum glaucum.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Phaseolus vulgaris.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Solanum tuberosum.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Sorghum bicolor.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Triticum.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Triticum aestivum.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Zea mays.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Barley.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Cassava.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a CGIAR.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Crop yield.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Groundnuts.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Lentils.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Maize.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Millets.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Models.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Pearl millet.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Plant breeding.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Potatoes.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Productivity.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Rice.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Wheat.  |2 cabt 
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700 1 # |a Evenson, Robert E.  |d 1934-  |e editor of compilation.  |q (Robert Eugene), 
700 1 # |a Gollin, Douglas,  |e editor of compilation. 
710 2 # |a C.A.B. International,  |e issuing body. 
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