Download or read book Food Legume Improvement for Asian Farming Systems written by E. S. Wallis and published by State Mutual Book & Periodical Service. This book was released on 2014-06-27 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Food Legume Improvement for Asian Farming Systems written by E. S. Wallis and published by State Mutual Book & Periodical Service. This book was released on 1987 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Proceedings of an international workshop held in Khon Kaen,Thailand, 1-5 September 1986"--T.p.
Download or read book Linking Grain Legumes Research in Asia written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research on groundnut by ICRISAT with special emphasis on problems in Asia; chickpea research at ICRISAT; pigeonpea improvement research at ICRISAT; ICRISAT's Resource Management Program: its relevance to AGLN countries; training at ICRISAT; the semi-arid tropical crops information service; legume genetic resources at ICRISAT; biochemistry and use of AGLN food grain legumes; strengthening chickpea research in Pakistan; ICRISAT's experience in the introduction of improved groundnut technology in India; international links with the AGLN; The CGPRT, aims and activities; IDRC support for grain legumes improvement; Asia-pacific association of agricultural research institutions; collaborative links between FAO/UNDP's RAS/82/002 Project and the AGLN; FAO's role instrengthening National legume Research in Asia; multilocational trialson groundnut under the south Asian Association for Regional Cooperation; opportunities for collaborative Research between the Asian Rice Farming systems network an the AGLN; peanut-CRSP collaborative links in southeast Asia; ICARDA's testing program on lentil, Faba bean, and Kabuli chickpea.
Download or read book Coordination of Grain Legumes Research in Asia written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceedings of the Review and Planning Meeting for Asian Regional Research on Grain Legumes (Groundnut, Chickpea, and Pigeonpea), 16-18 December 1985, ICRISAT; Review of progress and research resources; Review of ICRISAT and AICAR work; Statement of current status and recent research by country/region.
Download or read book New Crops for Food and Industry written by G.E. Wickens and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1989-06-30 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining the development of alternative crops, this volume covers topics which include genetic engineering and tissue culture techniques, and marketing potential utility of new crops.
Download or read book Genetic Enhancement in Major Food Legumes written by Kul Bhushan Saxena and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The protein molecule is the basic building block of every living entity. Its deficiency leads to restricted growth and development of individuals. Globally, such malnutrition is on the rise due to various reasons such as rapid population growth, stagnation of productivity, and ever-rising costs. Millions of people, especially in developing and under-developed countries, suffer from protein malnutrition and the only possible solution is to encourage farmers to grow high-protein food legume crops in their fields for domestic consumption. This, however, could be possible if farmers are provided with new cultivars with high yield, and resistance to major insects, diseases, and key abiotic stresses. The major food legume crops are chickpea, cowpea, common bean, groundnut, lentil, pigeonpea, and soybean. Predominantly, the legume crops are grown under a subsistence level and, therefore, in comparison to cereals and horticultural crops their productivity is low and highly variable. The crop breeders around the globe are engaged in breeding suitable cultivars for harsh and changing environments but success has been limited and not up to needs. With the recent development of new technologies in plant sciences, efforts are being made to help under-privileged farmers through breeding new cultivars which will produce more protein per unit of land area. In this book, the contributors analyze the constraints, review new technologies, and propose a future course of crop breeding programs in seven cold and warm season legume crops.
Download or read book Linking Grain Legumes Research in Asia written by Icrisat and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research on groundnut by ICRISAT with special emphasis on problems in Asia; chickpea research at ICRISAT; pigeonpea improvement research at ICRISAT; ICRISAT's Resource Management Program: its relevance to AGLN countries; training at ICRISAT; the semi-arid tropical crops information service; legume genetic resources at ICRISAT; biochemistry and use of AGLN food grain legumes; strengthening chickpea research in Pakistan; ICRISAT's experience in the introduction of improved groundnut technology in India; international links with the AGLN; The CGPRT, aims and activities; IDRC support for grain legumes improvement; Asia-pacific association of agricultural research institutions; collaborative links between FAO/UNDP's RAS/82/002 Project and the AGLN; FAO's role instrengthening National legume Research in Asia; multilocational trialson groundnut under the south Asian Association for Regional Cooperation; opportunities for collaborative Research between the Asian Rice Farming systems network an the AGLN; peanut-CRSP collaborative links in southeast Asia; ICARDA's testing program on lentil, Faba bean, and Kabuli chickpea.
Download or read book Sustainable Agriculture Green Manure in Rice Farming written by and published by Int. Rice Res. Inst.. This book was released on with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book World crops Cool season food legumes written by R.J. Summerfield and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 1149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The genesis of the International Food Legume Research Conference (IFLRC) can be traced back to 1983 - and so this Volume, the Proceedings of that Conference, has had a gestation period of close to five years. Professor Norman Simmonds, the perennial Book Review Editor of Experimental Agriculture, has expressed the opinion (vol. 22, p. 201, 1986) that "Many symposial volumes are just plain awful!" Elsewhere (Nature vol. 312, pp. 201-2, 1984), Anthony Watkinson - then a Commissioning Editor at Oxford University Press has described several reasons which have led him to believe that "Conference proceedings - symposia - are generally disliked . . . . To put it mildly, this type of publication has a bad name". The problems, from an author's perspective, of contributing to any many-authored publication are aired in an exchange of correspondence in Biologist (vol. 30, pp. 123 and 180, 1983; and vol. 31, pp. 3 and 69,1984). And from the editor's viewpoint, D. J. Weatherall - then Nuffield Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Oxford - has described (Nature vol. 317, p.
Download or read book Processing and Utilization of Legumes written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Biological Nitrogen Fixation for Sustainable Agriculture written by J.K. Ladha and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chemical fertilizers have had a significant impact on food production in the recent past, and are today an indispensable part of modern agriculture. On the other hand, the oil crisis of the 1970s and the current Middle East problems are constant reminders of the vulnerability of our fossil fuel dependent agriculture. There are vast areas of the developing world where N fertilizers are neither available nor affordable and, in most of these countries, balance of payment problems have resulted in the removal of N fertilizer subsidies. The external costs of environmental degradation and human health far exceed economic concerns. Input efficiency of N fertilizer is one of the lowest and, in turn, contributes substantially to environmental pollution. Nitrate in ground and surface waters and the threat to the stability of the ozone layer from gaseous oxides of nitrogen are major health and environmental concerns. The removal of large quantities of crop produce from the land also depletes soil of its native N reserves. Another concern is the decline in crop yields under continuous use of N fertilizers. These economic, environmental and production considerations dictate that biological alternatives which can augment, and in some cases replace, N fertilizers must be exploited. Long-term sustainability of agricultural systems must rely on the use and effective management of internal resources. The process of biological nitrogen fixation offers and economically attractive and ecologically sound means of reducing external nitrogen input and improving the quality and quantity of internal resources. In this book, we outline sustainability issues that dictate an increased use of biological nitrogen fixation and the constraints on its optimal use in agriculture.
Download or read book Expanding the Production and Use of Cool Season Food Legumes written by Fred J. Muehlbauer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 1004 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The goal of the Second International Food Legume Research Conference held in Cairo, Egypt was to build on the success of the first conference held nearly 6 years earlier at Spokane, Washington, USA. It was at that first conference where the decision was made to hold the second Conference in Egypt and so near the ancestral home of these food legume crops. It has been a long held view that the cool season food legumes had their origin in the Mediterranean basin and the Near-east arc, and there is little doubt that food legumes were a staple food of the ancient Egyptian civilization. The cool season food legumes have the reputation for producing at least some yield under adverse conditions of poor fertility and limited moisture, i. e. , in circumstances where other crops are likely to fail completely. Yields of cool season food legumes are particularly poor in those regions where they are most important to local populations. The influx of more profitable crops such as wheat, maize, and soybeans have gradually relegated the food legumes to marginal areas with poor fertility and limited water which exposes them to even greater degrees of stress. In the past two decades, production of food legumes has declined in most of the developing countries while at the same time it has expanded greatly in Canada, Australia, and most notably in Turkey.
Download or read book Advances in Legumes for Sustainable Intensification written by Ram Swaroop Meena and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2022-06-29 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advances in Legume-based Agroecoystem for Sustainable Intensification explores current research and future strategies for ensuring capacity growth and socioeconomic improvement through the utilization of legume crop cultivation and production in the achievement of sustainability development goals (SDGs). Sections cover the role of legumes in addressing issues of food security, improving nitrogen in the environment, environmental sustainability, economic-environmentally optimized systems, the importance and impact of nitrogen, organic production, and biomass potential, legume production, biology, breeding improvement, cropping systems, and the use of legumes for eco-friendly weed management. This book is an important resource for scientists, researchers and advanced students interested in championing the effective utilization of legumes for agronomic and ecological benefit. Focuses on opportunities for agricultural impact and sustainability Presents insights into both agricultural sustainability and eco-intensification Includes the impact of legume production on societal impacts such as health and wealth management
Download or read book Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies Legumes written by Jameel M. Al-Khayri and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the development of innovative modern methodologies towards augmenting conventional plant breeding, in individual crops, for the production of new crop varieties under the increasingly limiting environmental and cultivation factors to achieve sustainable agricultural production, enhanced food security, in addition to providing raw materials for innovative industrial products and pharmaceuticals. This is Vol 7, subtitled Legumes, focuses on advances in breeding strategies using both traditional and modern approaches for the improvement of individual legume crops. Included in this volume are Adzuki bean, Black gram, Chickpea Cluster bean, Common bean, Cowpea, Faba bean, Hyacinth bean, Lentil, Mung bean, Pigeonpea and Soybean. This volume is contributed by 57 internationally reputable scientists from 9 countries. Each chapter comprehensively reviews the modern literature on the subject and reflects the authors own experience.
Download or read book Mainstreaming efficient legume seed systems in Eastern Africa written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2019-03-13 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legumes are important components of sustainable farming systems. They are useful to diversify and intensify cropping systems; fix atmospheric nitrogen and improve soil health; act as rotation crops; increase and diversify smallholder incomes; and lower the carbon footprint, mitigating climate change. Legumes can therefore play a critical role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. However, as this publication points out, their production is challenged by various policy, regulatory, institutional and technical factors, including a lack of attention from the public sector and limited opportunity to attract private sector investment.
Download or read book Double Cropping and Interplanting written by Jane Potter Gates and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Green Manure in Rice Farming written by International Rice Research Institute and published by IRRI. This book was released on 1988 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
