Opportunities to close wheat yield gaps in Nepal's Terai: Insights from field surveys, on-farm experiments, and simulation modeling

Mina Devkota, Krishna Prasad Devkota, Gokul Prasad Paudel, Timothy J. Krupnik and Andrew James McDonald

Agricultural Systems, 2024, vol. 213, issue C

Abstract: Wheat (Triticum aestivum) is among the most important staple food crops in the lowland Terai region of Nepal. However, national production has not matched the increasing demand. From a South Asian regional perspective, average productivity is low with high spatial and temporal variability.

Keywords: Good agronomic practices; Meta-analysis; Sustainable intensification; APSIM Next Generation; Random Forest; Genotype x Environment x Management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2023.103804

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