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

• 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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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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.