RIU - Research Into Use
 
 
Resources

  Rain fed rabi cropping - India executive summary
Looking at the impact of RABI techniques of early tillage, short duration varieties and seed priming - a review of factors influencing uptake of the approach
2008 (PDF 28KB)

  Rainfed agriculture impact assessment cluster study synthesis report
Seven case studies - Cluster 1: new crops; Cluster 2: rabi cropping. Two case studies cover process innovation and five, technical innovation.
Author: Czech Conroy with contributions from: Marlene Buchy, Dave Harris, Krishna Joshi, Daljit Virk and John Witcombe
5 November 2009 (PDF 392KB)

  New Upland Rice Varieties for India
Rainfed Agriculture Impact Study No 1

Monitoring impact assessment and learning component
2009 (PDF 1202KB)

  New rice varieties for Nepal: Outcomes of client-oriented breeding or identified by participatory varietal selection
Rainfed agriculture impact study No 2

Part A: Synthesis of study findings (Czech Conroy)
Part B: Report on the structured survey (John R Witcombe, Bikash Paudel, Rachana Devkota and Dhruba Neupane)
Part C: Report on the qualitative survey (Dr M Buchy and Dhruba Neupane and Bikash Paudyal with the help of Maheswor Gurung)
2009 (PDF 2253KB)

  Oriented breeding
Rainfed agriculture impact assessment study No 3

New rice varieties for Bangladesh from client
2008 (PDF 300KB)

  Rainfed rabi cropping in rice-fallows of Nepal
Rainfed agriculture impact assessment study No 4

Part A: Synthesis of study findings (Czech Conroy)
Part B: Report on the structured survey (Dave Harris)
Part C: Report on the qualitative survey (Marlene Buchy and Ambika Sapkota)
2009 (PDF 1232KB)

  Institutional innovations in India's crop improvement system
Rainfed agriculture impact assessment study No 5

Summary: Review of participatory varietal selection (PVS) and client-oriented breeding (COB)/participatory plant breeding (PPB) in India as innovative crop improvement processes
Author: Czech Conroy September 2009 (PDF 417KB)

  Institutional innovations in Nepal's crop improvement system
Rainfed agriculture impact assessment study No 6

Summary: Review of the use and impact of participatory varietal selection (PVS) and client-oriented breeding (COB)/participatory plant Breeding (PPB) in Nepal, as innovations crop improvement processes
Author: Czech Conroy and Chiranjibi Adhikari
September 2009 (PDF 507KB)




Rasheed Sulaiman V, RIU Research Fellow. November 2010 (03:27)   RIUtv
 
Related information
  Brokering networks for innovation: who and how?
Author: Andy Hall
April 2010 (PDF 70KB)
  Changing contours of research and development: lessons from South Asia
Author: Rasheed Sulaiman V
April 2010 (PDF 250KB)
 
External resources
  Food from fallow - new ops in South Asia
Author: Shiv Kuman
December 2009 (PDF 1301KB)
 
 
 
Funding provided by the UK Department for International Development (DFID)
The views expressed on this website are not necessarily those of DFID