MART-AZR Project Research Report 12: Farmer-Managed Trials in the Kovak Valley, Baluchistan: The Effect of Variety and Addition of Fertilizer on Wheat Production

cg.contactunknown415@unknown.comen_US
cg.contributor.centerInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.contributor.centerArid Zone Research Institute**en_US
cg.contributor.funderUnited States Agency for International Development - USAIDen_US
cg.contributor.projectCommunication and Documentation Information Services (CODIS)en_US
cg.contributor.project-lead-instituteInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.coverage.countryPKen_US
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asiaen_US
cg.subject.agrovocdrylandsen_US
cg.subject.agrovocwheaten_US
cg.subject.agrovocfarmersen_US
cg.subject.agrovocfertilizersen_US
cg.subject.agrovocpakistanen_US
cg.subject.agrovocwheaten_US
dc.contributorAli, Arshaden_US
dc.contributorFarid Sabir, G.en_US
dc.contributorRees, Deborahen_US
dc.contributorJ.G, Nagyen_US
dc.contributorChowdry, M.B.Aen_US
dc.contributorAslam, M.en_US
dc.creatorTalug, C.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-21T00:04:43Z
dc.date.available2021-10-21T00:04:43Z
dc.description.abstractIn seven years out of ten, dryland farmers in upland Baluchistan do not receive sufficient rains from the summer monsoon for' autumn wheat sowing, yet they have only one variety for both spring and autumn sowing. Farmer-managed trials comparing an "improved" spring wheat variety with this local facultative winter type with and without the addition Pt fertilizer (60 kg/ha phosphate as 46% triple superphosphate mixed with the seed at planting time) were conducted, in the spring of 1987 in Kovak valley. Rainfall during the growing season was only 172 mm, of which 108 mm fell in March. The "improved" variety gave somewhat more grain yield than the local (348 and 304 kg/ha respectively), and responded significantly (P<O.l) to phosphate fertilizer (413 kg/ha). The local variety apparently did not respond to fertilizer. Labor I data on soil preparation, planting, harvesting and threshing are presented. Net benefits ranged from Rs. 250 to Rs. 600/ha in these trials. Fertilizer use reduced net benefits for both varieties. A post-trial survey of the cooperating farmers indicated: that they understood the trial and ranked the various treatments appropriately, but were not fully aware of the negative economic effects of fertilizer use. This set of trials suggests a need for an improved spring wheat variety in upland Baluchistan. The fertilizer responses1 Jere disappointing, but need to be confirmed in other seasons.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationC. Talug, Arshad Ali, G. Farid Sabir, Deborah Rees, Nagy J. G, M. B. A Chowdry, M. Aslam. (1/1/1988). MART-AZR Project Research Report 12: Farmer-Managed Trials in the Kovak Valley, Baluchistan: The Effect of Variety and Addition of Fertilizer on Wheat Production. Beirut, Lebanon: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA).en_US
dc.identifier.statusOpen accessen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/66258
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)en_US
dc.rightsCC-BY-SA-4.0en_US
dc.subjectmart-azren_US
dc.subjectbaluchistanen_US
dc.subjectfarmer cooperatorsen_US
dc.titleMART-AZR Project Research Report 12: Farmer-Managed Trials in the Kovak Valley, Baluchistan: The Effect of Variety and Addition of Fertilizer on Wheat Productionen_US
dc.typeInternal Reporten_US
dcterms.available1988-01-01en_US
dcterms.issued1988-01-01en_US
icarda.series.nameOthersen_US
icarda.series.numberMART-AZR Project Research Report 12en_US

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