Maize research and development in Pakistan

This report reviews maize research and development in Pakistan over the past 30 years. The role, economic importance, principal production environments, trends in production, area and yields, marketing and price trends for maize in Pakistan are reviewed. The evolution of national maize research, the...

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Autor: Dowswell, C.R.
Tipo de recurso: libro
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1989
País:México
Institución:Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo
Repositorio:Repositorio Institucional de Publicaciones Multimedia del CIMMYT
OAI Identifier:oai:repository.cimmyt.org:10883/707
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10883/707
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
BREEDING
CLIMATIC ZONES
CROP MANAGEMENT
FOOD PRODUCTION
RESEARCH
SEED PRODUCTION
TECHNOLOGY
ZEA MAYS
YIELDS
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Sumario:This report reviews maize research and development in Pakistan over the past 30 years. The role, economic importance, principal production environments, trends in production, area and yields, marketing and price trends for maize in Pakistan are reviewed. The evolution of national maize research, the organization of research and the involvemment of CIMMYT are considered. The current status of maize production technologies is surveyed, drawing on farm-level surveys conducted under the collaborative programme between CIMMYT, the Pakistan Agricultural research Council and provincial maize research programmes in Punjab and NWFP. Strategies for improving