Impact of best management practices on sustainable crop production and climate resilience in smallholder farming systems of South Asia

K.H. Anantha; Kaushal K. Garg; Jennie Barron; SREENATH DIXIT; A. Venkataradha; Ramesh Singh; Anthony M. Whitbread

doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103276

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Impact of best management practices on sustainable crop production and climate resilience in smallholder farming systems of South Asia

K.H. Anantha Kaushal K. Garg Jennie Barron SREENATH DIXIT A. Venkataradha Ramesh Singh

Anthony M. Whitbread

Agricultural Systems Vol. 194 pp. 103276 · Elsevier BV

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International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Hyderabad 502324, India

Center of Advance Manufacturing and Materials Processing Department of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Engineering University of Malaya Kuala Lumpur 50603 Malaysia

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K.H. Anantha, Kaushal K. Garg, Jennie Barron, et al. (2021). Impact of best management practices on sustainable crop production and climate resilience in smallholder farming systems of South Asia. Agricultural Systems, 194, 103276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103276

Impact of best management practices on sustainable crop production and climate resilience in smallholder farming systems of South Asia

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