Thakur Pr. Tiwari

Maize in Hillside Agricultural Systems

Participatory crop improvement for maize in hillside agroforestry systems

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The productivity of agricultural crops in the
hillside systems has either been static or declining
over the last two decades. Understanding of the
existing variabilities of maize cultivation, local
knowledge, social, climatic and agronomic
context & micrometeorological parameters
experienced by maize are pre-requisite in
designing on-farm adaptive research & development.
The work presented in this book has clearly
demonstrated that understanding of crop production
environments, & involving them in the research and
development efforts can improve the efficiency of
research by enhancing technology uptake thereby
reversing declining yield. This will address food
deficit problem in the complex & heterogeneous
hillside systems. Business as usual will not work,
institutional commitment, effort and change in
mindset up of professionals including policy makers
are also equally important, if participatory
research and development is to be sustainably
effective.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783639168440
• ISBN-10: 3639168445
• Artikelnr.: 26557191

Autorenporträt

Thakur Prasad Tiwari, was born in 1959 in Nepal. He gained his
PhD in Agronomy from the University of Bangor, UK in
2001. He believes in partnership and participatory approach and
has published several papers based on his work in the national
and international journals. He is currently working as an
Agronomist for CIMMYT- Nepal.