Adoption and impacts of zero-tillage in the rice-wheat zone of irrigated Haryana, India

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 34.5% to be ZT wheat adopters and a quarter of the wheat area...

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Autores: Erenstein, O., Malik, R., Singh, S.
Tipo de documento: livro
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2007
País:México
Recursos:Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo
Repositório:Repositorio Institucional de Publicaciones Multimedia del CIMMYT
OAI Identifier:oai:repository.cimmyt.org:10883/1061
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10883/1061
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
WHEAT
RICE
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
INNOVATION ADOPTION
DRILLING EQUIPMENT
FARMING SYSTEMS
ZERO TILLAGE
PRODUCTION COSTS
CREDIT
INCOME
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Resumo: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 34.5% to be ZT wheat adopters and a quarter of the wheat area in