TY  - BK
AU  - Dowswell,C.
TI  - Maize research and development in Pakistan
T2  - PARC/CIMMYT Collaborative Program
SN  - 968-6127-36-4
PY  - 1989///
CY  - Mexico
PB  - CIMMYT, PARC
KW  - Agricultural development
KW  - AGROVOC
KW  - Breeding
KW  - Climatic zones
KW  - Crop management
KW  - Food production
KW  - Research
KW  - Seed production
KW  - Technology
KW  - Zea mays
KW  - Yields
KW  - Pakistan
N1  - Open Access; Illustrations, tables, graphs, maps, references p. 97-100
N2  - 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
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10883/707
ER  -