Pocket Guide 8: Profitable pulse crops transform rice fallows.

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 January 2007
Document Type:
Manual
Theme:
Agriculture

Abstract

In South Asia vast areas lie fallow after the rice harvest. Short-duration pulse varieties, early sowing, minimal tillage and seed priming are set to change this dramatically. This booklet outlines the background of rice cropping systems, and provides practical details on how to grow pulse crops in rice fallows.

Citation

RIU Pocket Guide 8, Aylesford, UK: Natural Resources International, 8 pp.

Pocket Guide 8: Profitable pulse crops transform rice fallows.

Published 1 January 2007
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