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040			_aMX-TxCIM
072		0	_aP01
072		0	_aP35
090			_aCIS-3582
100	1		_aRansom, J.K. _uSustainable maize production systems for Nepal _9271
110	0		_aCentro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo CIMMYT, Nepal (India)
111	2		_aProceedings of a Maize Symposium _cKathmandu (Nepal) _d3-5 Dec 2001
245	0	0	_aThe adoption of improved varieties and soil fertility management practices in two districts of Nepal
260			_aKathmandu (Nepal) _bNARC|CIMMYT : _c2002
300			_ap. 274-277
340			_aPrinted
520			_aData from a baseline survey conducted in two VDCs of Dolakha and two VDC in Dailekh were used to determine the rate of adoption of soil fertility enhancing technologies and improved varieties. Generally the VDCs of Dailekh had less access to inputs, education and information. All farmers used FYM as a means of improving soil fertility .Though at rates less than recommended, fertilizer N was used by more than 800/% of the farmers except in Chauratha VDC. Less than 1% of the farmers applied fertilizer P. The use of improved varieties (IOPVs) was below 30% exceptin the most accessible VDC where IOPV use was 62%. Adoption of fertilizer was consistently greater than the adoption of IOPVs, even in the most inaccessible areas. This indicates that the lack of adoption of IOPVs was due to the lack of knowledge about the new varieties or demand for them or the lack of availability of seed and not cost per se. Contact between farmers and the formal and informal extension service was very low regardless of VDC. In order to improve adoption rates of IOPVs the effectiveness of institutions involved in extension need to be strengthened and a functional seed system established.
546			_aEnglish
591			_a0304|AGRIS 0201|AL-Economics Program|R01PROCE
593			_aJuan Carlos Mendieta
595			_aCSC
650	1	0	_aCereal crops
650	1	0	_aFertilizer application _91110
650	1	7	_aMaize _gAGROVOC _2 _91173
650	1	0	_aNepal
650	1	0	_aSoil management _91268
650	1	0	_aTechnological changes
650	1	7	_aVarieties _gAGROVOC _2 _91303
653	0		_aCIMMYT
653	0		_aNARC
650	1	0	_91314 _aZea mays _gAGROVOC
650	1	0	_91952 _aSoil fertility _gAGROVOC
700	1		_aAdhikari, K., _ecoaut.
700	1		_aPaudyal, K.R., _ecoaut.
700	1		_aRajbhandari, N.P.|Ransom, J.K.|Adhikari, K.|Palmer, A.F.E. _eeds.
942			_cPRO
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