HIGH-POTENTIAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

These systems are found in regions characterised by amenable climate (temperature, rainfall) supplemented by irrigation where rainfall is erratic or unfavourable, and fertile soils with no inherent structural and physico- chemical constraints. Natural resource-based economic growth is often focused in the high-potential systems, and these regions offer opportunities for improving rural employment.

 

PSP Research activities:

• Improving methods for production of hybrid rice.
• Overcoming pests and diseases by genetic modification of crops.
• Developing and disseminating salt-tolerant wheat cultivars.
• Using molecular markers to improve the organisation of germplasm collections.
• Using participatory methods for more effective plant breeding.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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