AN AGRICULTURAL FAGGOT: A COLLECTION OF PAPERS ON AGRICULTURAL SUBJECTS

By X. LAKAR

Chapter 1 Fifty Years of Progress 1 Chapter 2 Combating Stem and Leaf Rust of Wheat: Historical Perspective, Impacts, and Lessons Learned 31 Chapter 3 The Asian Green Revolution 67 Chapter 4 Controlling Cassava Mosaic Virus and Cassava Mealybug in Sub-Saharan Africa 99 Chapter 5 Community Forestry in Nepal: A Policy Innovation for Local Livelihoods 123 Chapter 6 Agroenvironmental Transformation in the Sahel: Another Kind of “Green Revolution” 161 Chapter 7 The Case of Zero-Tillage Technology in Argentina 191 Chapter 8 Zero Tillage in the Rice–Wheat Systems of the Indo-Gangetic Plains: A Review of Impacts and Sustainability Implications 213 Chapter 9 Shallow Tubewells, Boro Rice, and Their Impact on Food Security in Bangladesh 243 Chapter 10 Hybrid Rice Technology Development: Ensuring China’s Food Security 271 Chapter 11 Pearl Millet and Sorghum Improvement in India 295 Chapter 12 Institutional Reform in the Burkinabè Cotton Sector and Its Impacts on Incomes and Food security, 1996–2007 317 Chapter 13 Private-Sector Responses to Public Investments and Policy Reforms: The Case of Fertilizer and Maize Market Development in Kenya 349 Chapter 14 The Mungbean Transformation: Diversifying Crops, Defeating Malnutrition 381 Chapter 15 The Global Effort to Eradicate Rinderpest 407

ISBN978-93-7738-614-6
Copyright Year2027
Pages442
Price$259.99
LanguageEnglish
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