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100 _a"Chadha, G.K."
245 0 _aProduction gains of new agricultural technology
260 _aChandigarh
260 _bR.K. Malhotra Panjab University
260 _c1979
300 _a144p.
520 _aJust 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 .
650 _aAgriculture
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