Crop Variety Improvement and Its Effect on Productivity : The Impact of International Agricultural Research (CABI Publishing)

Crop Variety Improvement and Its Effect on Productivity : The Impact of International Agricultural Research (CABI Publishing)

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Book Description
This volume reports the findings of a study of the productivity impact of varietal improvement research conducted at a number of international centers affiliated with the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. Such centers have been at the forefront of the "Green
Revolution" that resulted in the breeding of new crop varieties of the world's staple food crops. Econometric models are used to evaluate the investment in these cases of agricultural research and to analyze impact in selected countries.

Crop Variety Improvement and Its Effect on Productivity: The Impact of International Agricultural Research (CABI Publishing),R. E. Evenson,D. Gollin,CABI Publishing,0851995497,Agriculture,Agriculture - Agronomy,Agriculture - General,Breeding,Crop improvement,Econometrics,Field Crop Management,Field crops,Genetics,Life Sciences - Horticulture,Science/Mathematics,Technology,Technology & Industrial Arts,Agricultural science,Agriculture & related industries,Agriculture | Agronomy, Soil & Crop Science,Crop husbandry,Technology / Agriculture / Crop Science

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