USAID. MISSION TO YEMEN
PROJECT DEVELOPS INTRODUCTORY TRAILS OF SORGHUM AND MILLET TO DETERMINE PROMISING SEED VARIETIES.
1973
Abstract
SUCCESSFUL VARIETIES USED IN FERTILIZER TRAILS AND PLANTING RATE TRIALS. ADDITIONAL GOOD SEED VARIETIES ADDED DURING DEMONSTRATIONS TO FARMERS. SUCCESSFUL VARIETIES AFTER DEMONSTRATIONS DISTRIBUTED TO FARMERS. ON-GOING RESEARCH PERFORMED ON SUBSTITUTION CORPS, MULTIPLE CROPPING, AND CROP ROTATIONS. FORD FOUNDATION AND TDY TECHNICIANS CONDUCT TRIALS, CONSTRUCT AGRO-SERVICE CENTERS, AND TRAIN PERSONNEL TO OPERATE CENTERS AND HARVEST CROPS. SPECIAL ATTENTION TO ECONOMIC RISK OF NEW INPUTS AND POTENTIALS OF AGRICULTURAL CREDIT TO ASSIST LONG-TERM PROJECT GOALS.
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