Production gains of new agricultural technology
"Chadha, G.K."
Production gains of new agricultural technology - Chandigarh R.K. Malhotra Panjab University 1979 - 144p.
Just when the Indian economy recovered from the shock of the two worst draught years (1965-66 and 1966-67), high yielding crop varieties for five cereals (wheat, rice, maize, sorghum and millets), with high hopes to raise production radically, were introduced on a large scale in 1967-68.
The new seeds were highly responsive to increasing application of chemical fertilizers under controlled water management .
Agriculture
338.16 CHA
Production gains of new agricultural technology - Chandigarh R.K. Malhotra Panjab University 1979 - 144p.
Just when the Indian economy recovered from the shock of the two worst draught years (1965-66 and 1966-67), high yielding crop varieties for five cereals (wheat, rice, maize, sorghum and millets), with high hopes to raise production radically, were introduced on a large scale in 1967-68.
The new seeds were highly responsive to increasing application of chemical fertilizers under controlled water management .
Agriculture
338.16 CHA