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Performance Of Frontline Demonstration On Kharif Rice (Oryza Sativa L) In Sundarban, West Bengal, R L. Sagar, Ganesh Chandra Jan 2003

Performance Of Frontline Demonstration On Kharif Rice (Oryza Sativa L) In Sundarban, West Bengal, R L. Sagar, Ganesh Chandra

Ganesh Chandra

Rice plays a major role in the food as well as the livelihood security of the farming community of Sundarban. One of the major constraints of traditional rice farming is low productivity of local varieties. To replace this anomaly, Krishi Vigyan Kendra of CIFRI has conducted Frontline Demonstration at adopted farmers’ field in four development blocks viz. Kakdwip, Namkhana, Patharpratima and Kulpi of Sundarban, West Bengal. Cultivation of high yielding rice varieties viz. IET-5656 on an average revealed superiority of grain yield (49 q/ha) followed by MTU-7029 (48.95 q/ha), CR-1017 (48.49 q/ha), Ranjit 43.20 q/ha and NC-492 (43 q/ha) showing …


Environmentalism In Indonesian Politics, Robert Cribb Jan 2003

Environmentalism In Indonesian Politics, Robert Cribb

Robert Cribb

Environmential politics emerged in Indonesia during the autheoritarian Suharto era. Rather than being a reaction to Suharto's predatory approach to the environment, many environmental policies were closely tied to the managerial, technocratic and campaign-oriented approach of the New Order.