Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) with national agricultural research systems in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and …. Finally, the paper suggests that maize and wheat breeding research should be made more relevant to the preferences and …

-tillage (ZT) for wheat after rice, particularly in India. This report reviews and synthesizes the experience with zero tillage in … the Indian IGP. Zero tillage of wheat after rice generates significant benefits at the farm level, both in terms of … significant yield gains (6–10%, particularly due to timelier planting of wheat) and cost savings (5–10%, particularly tillage …

This study documents the adoption and impacts of zero-tillage (ZT) wheat in the ricewheat systems of Pakistan’s Punjab … province primarily drawing on a detailed empirical survey of 458 rice-wheat farmers. Our random stratified sample revealed 19 …% to be ZT wheat adopters and a similar share of the wheat area in the surveyed communities to be under ZT. The study …

of 6 tractor hours and 36 liters of diesel per hectare. At 4.4 tons per hectare, ZT achieved the highest wheat yields in …This study documents the adoption and impacts of zero-tillage (ZT) wheat in the rice-wheat systems of India’s Haryana … State primarily drawing on a detailed empirical survey of 400 rice-wheat farmers. Our random stratified sample revealed 34 …

population in the region. However, average yields are far below the potential for the region and low production levels create … characteristics of improved varieties as reasons for non-adoption. The high price and poor availability of fertilizers, farmers … extended to farmers who are not able to use inorganic fertilizers. Finally, given the major influence of the institutional …