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    2. Adoption of improved chickpea varieties : KRIBHCO experience in tribal region of Gujarat, India

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Shiyani, R. L. (author), Joshi, P. K. (author), Asokan, M. (author), and Bantilan, M. C. S. (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2002-05
    Published:
    India: Elsevier
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C18709
    Journal Title:
    Agricultural Economics
    Journal Title Details:
    27 (1) 33-39
    Notes:
    Agricultural Economics (Amsterdam, Netherlands), The study aims to track adoption of improved chickpea varieties, and assess their on-farm benefits in some remote and backward tribal villages in Gujarat, India, where few newly developed varieties were introduced by a non-government organization. It also determines key factors which were influencing their adoption. The study found that adoption of improved chickpea varieties was gradually increasing by replacing a prominent local variety. Duration of crop maturity, farm size, yield risk, and farmers' experience of growing chickpea crop were significantly influencing their adoption. The on-farm benefits as a result of improved varieties were realized in terms of increased yield levels, higher income and labor productivity, more marketable surplus, price premium and stabilized yields in fluctuating weather. Breeding short duration varieties with stable yield levels under varying weather, and organizing seed multiplication and dissemination in regions, where moisture stress is a problem during maturity of chickpea, are the major suggestions.

    4. Documenting, validating and scaling-up local innovations

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Van Mele, Paul (author) and Okry, Florent (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2006-09
    Published:
    International: Centre for Information on Low External Inputs and Sustainable Agriculture, Amersfoort, The Netherlands.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 154 Document Number: C25092
    Journal Title:
    LEISA
    Journal Title Details:
    22(3) : 14-15

    5. Farmer organization and market access

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Hellin, Jon (author), Lundy, Mark (author), and Meijer, Madelon (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2007-03
    Published:
    International: Centre for Information on Low External Input and Sustainable Agriculture, Amersfoort, Netherlands.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 157 Document Number: C25644
    Journal Title:
    LEISA
    Journal Title Details:
    23(1) : 26-27

    7. Influence of sources of seed on varietal adoption behavior of wheat farmers in Indo-Gangetic Plains of India

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Ghimire, Subash (author), Mehar, Mamta (author), and Mittal, Surabhi (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2012
    Published:
    India
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D01011
    Journal Title:
    Agricultural Economics Research Review
    Journal Title Details:
    25 : 390-408

    9. Involving farmers in rural technologies : case studies of Zimbabwean NGOs

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Ndiweni, M. (author), MacGarry, Brian (author), Chaguma, Arthur (author), and Gumbo, Davison (author)
    Format:
    Paper
    Publication Date:
    1991-06
    Published:
    Zimbabwe: Agricultural Administration (Research and Extension) Network, Agricultural Administration Unit, Overseas Development Institute
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 135 Document Number: C20606
    Notes:
    Burton Swanson Collection, 54 pages, Network Paper 25, ISSN 0951-1873

    10. Is older better? Maize hybrid change on household farms in Kenya

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Olwande, John (author) and Smale, Melinda (author)
    Format:
    Paper
    Publication Date:
    2012-08
    Published:
    Kenya
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 187 Document Number: D00969
    Notes:
    Paper presented at the International Association of Agricultural Economists triennial conference, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, August 18-24, 2012. 24 pages.