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Effects of Nitrogen Application on Sweet Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) in the Semi-Arid Tropical Zone of India
Sweet sorghum is a multipurpose crop that has great potential as a bioethanol crop. To make an appreciable
profit from cultivating sweet sorghum in the semi-arid tropics (SAT), such agronomic practices
as nutrient management ...
Nutrient Deficiencies and their Management in Soils ·of the Semi~Arid Tropical Regions
In the semiarid
tropics (SAT) regions, the loss of soil, organic matter, and nutrients are of great concern. Nutrient imbalance in the
case of major plant nutrients has been reported for a long period of time as a result ...
Efforts that Brought Happiness:Stories of change from the people
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) is implementing a project
supported by Sir Dorabji Tata Trust (SDTT) for the last ten years in the states of Madhya Pradesh and
Rajasthan and a ...
Transforming Weather Index-Based Crop Insurance in India: Protecting Small Farmers from Distress Status and a Way Forward
In India, agriculture contributes 14% of the GDP and employs 54% of the workforce (NCAER 2013). It accounts for 8.56% of the
country’s exports. Despite agriculture’s steady decline in share in the GDP, it remains the largest ...
Crop Dominance Mapping with IRS-P6 and MODIS 250-m Time Series Data
This paper describes an approach to accurately separate out and quantify crop dominance areas in the major command area in the Krishna River Basin. Classification was performed using IRS-P6 (Indian Remote Sensing Satellite, ...
Well-calibrated models for different popular crops
Well-calibrated DSSAT models for popular crops in the IGNP
Well-calibrated and validated models for wheat and barley for Chakwal site
Dataset of well-calibrated and validated models for wheat and barley crops for Chakwal site
Calibrated DSSAT models for wheat and barley for Chakwal site (Pakistan)
Calibrated DSSAT models for wheat and barley for Chakwal site (Pakistan)
Vermicomposting: Recycling Wastes into Valuable Manure for Sustained Crop Intensification in the Semi-Arid Tropics
Producing more food sustainably from the limited and scarce land and water resources to feed evergrowing
population of 9 billion
people in the world by 2050 is a challenge for the human kind in the 21st century. Neither ...
Diversification of rice (Oryza sativa L.) based cropping systems for higher productivity, resource-use efficiency and economic returns in South Gujarat of India
Continuous adoption of rice-rice cropping system has led to deterioration of soil quality
resulting in a serious threat to its sustainability in high rainfall zone of South Gujarat, India.
Therefore crop diversification ...