Lessons for promotion of new agricultural technology: a case of Vijay wheat variety in Nepal

Abstract Background Wheat is the third important cereal after rice and maize in Nepal. Its yield suffers from several factors such as lack of reliable irrigation, inclement weather, incidence of disease and lack of improved technology. New virulence race Ug99 (Uganda-99) has threatened all available...

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Main Authors: Krishna P. Timsina, Yuga N. Ghimire, Devendra Gauchan, Sanjiv Subedi, Surya P. Adhikari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-09-01
Series:Agriculture & Food Security
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40066-018-0215-z