Crop Variety Improvement and its Effect on Productivity: The Impact of International Agricultural Research

By R. Evenson, D. Gollin. 2003

369 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Plant Science

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In General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

1. T. Jayne
2. Christopher B. Barrett
3. Derek Headey
4. J. Antle
5. S. Capalbo
6. D. Gollin
7. C. Kremen
8. Keith Wiebe

In Plant Science

1. C. Kremen
2. Keith Wiebe
3. J. Antle
4. D. Gollin
5. N. Louwaars
6. B. Badu‐Apraku
7. K. Erb
8. Rebecca J. Nelson

Citations in the corpus

• Global human appropriation of net primary production doubled in the 20th century (2013, background): “For example, increased fertilizer has facilitated yield gains that require other measures as well but would not have been possible without fertilizer (31).”
• Integrated Seed Sector Development in Africa: A Conceptual Framework for Creating Coherence Between Practices, Programs, and Policies (2012, background): “In the early 2000s, adoption rates for modern varieties reached up to 60% for wheat and 40%–50% for rice (Evenson & Gollin 2003).”
• Adaptation of agricultural and food systems to climate change: an economic and policy perspective. (2010, background): “A major component of agricultural research investment is adaptation of technologies that have been successful in one environment to work better at locations with different environments (Evenson and Gollin 2003).”
• The impact of agricultural research on productivity and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa (2009, background): “Evenson and Gollin (2003) reported that, of the 22% area planted to improved varieties in SSA, 11% was planted to CGIAR-related varieties.”
• Adoption and diffusion of improved technologies and production practices in agriculture: Insights from a donor-led intervention in Nepal (2020, background): “…agricultural productivity through the adoption and diffusion of improved agricultural technologies and practices has been considered as one of the viable means for achieving economic growth and agricultural transformation (Evenson and Gollin, 2003; Gollin, 2010) in developing countries like Nepal.”
• Linking Land Quality, Agricultural Productivity, and Food Security (2003, background): “Other cereals and noncereal crops, including beans, potatoes, cassava, and lentils, have also benefited from significant genetic improvements (Evenson and Gollin, 2003).”
• Climate change mitigation through livestock system transitions (2014, background): “Historically, though, it has been productivity improvements rather than reduced consumption that have led to equilibrium in agricultural markets (14).”
• Can cultivars from participatory plant breeding improve seed provision to small-scale farmers? (2007, neutral): “scale farming in developing countries has been below expectations (Lipton and Longhurst 1989; Thiele 1999a; Tripp 2001; Evenson and Gollin 2003).”
• Post-green revolution food systems and the triple burden of malnutrition (2013, background): “…2003; Rosegrant and Hazell, 2000; Pinstrup-Andersen and Jaramillo, 1991), which in turn resulted in higher per capita caloric intake acrossdeveloping countries (Evenson and Gollin, 2003; Conway, 1997; Von Braun and Kennedy, 1994; Pinstrup-Andersen and Jaramillo, 1991; Ryan and Asokan, 1977).”