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v Figures Page No. Figure 1. IFAD-CIMMYT-India RRA Survey locations. ...................................................................... 2 Figure 2. Maize production in India, 1961-2000. ........................................................................... 4 Figure 3. Maize area in India, 1961-2000. ...................................................................................... 4 Figure 4. Maize yields in different states of India, 1999. ................................................................. 5 Figure 5. Egg and maize production in Andhra Pradesh, 1980/97. ................................................. 6 Figure 6. Egg and maize production in Karnataka, 1980/97. .......................................................... 6 Figure 7. Area under different maize cultivars during the rainy season. .......................................... 7 Figure 8. Area under different maize cultivars during the winter season. ........................................ 7 Figure 9. Delineation of maize production systems according to cost of production-combined. ... 15 Figure 10. Delineation of maize production systems according to cost of production-hybrids. ....... 15 Appendices Page No. Appendix 1. Important maize cultivars in selected traditional maize growing states of India, 2001. ............................................................................................... 33 Appendix 2. Important cropping systems in maize growing states of India, 2001........................ 33 Appendix 3. Maize cultivation calendar by season, in selected maize growing states of India, 2001. ............................................................................................... 34 Appendix 4. Production constraints and their impact on maize production, BIMARU states, India, 2001. .................................................................................... 35 Appendix 5. Production constraints and their impact on maize production, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh states, India, 2001. .................................................. 38 Appendix 6. Prioritization of biotic and abiotic constraints to maize production in selected states and agro-ecological regions of India, 2001. ................................. 40 Appendix 7. Value of damage due to socio-economic constraints to maize production in selected states and agro-ecological regions of India, 2001. ................................. 42
vi Acknowledgments This project was made possible by funding from the United Nations International Fund for Development (IFAD) through a grant administered by CIMMYT. The authors would like to thank IFAD and CIMMYT for enabling studies of this kind. The authors are grateful to Dr. Mruthyunjaya and Dr. Raj K. Gupta for providing the necessary facilities for conducting the study. The authors also benefited from discussions with Dr. Dayanatha Jha and Dr. Suresh Pal. We are extremely grateful for the overwhelming support extended by the Vice Chancellors, Research Directors, Extension Directors, state government officials, and scientific teams in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh. The authors are personally grateful to the Vice Chancellors – Dr. V.P. Gupta, Dr. G.B. Singh, Dr. S.B. Singh, Dr. A.S. Faroda, and to the Research Directors – Dr. R.K. Gupta, Dr. R.P Katiyar, Dr. Pratap Singh – and Dr. C.P.S. Yadav. It would have been impossible to complete the study without the extraordinary cooperation and active participation of scientific teams in the conduct of rapid rural appraisal (RRA) surveys in various locations. Special thanks are due to Dr. Jawahar Thakur, Dr. R.K. Singh, Dr. P.K. Mishra, and Dr. V.N. Joshi for coordinating the RRA activities. Authors also sincerely thank Dr. Laxmi Tewari and Dr. Raka Saxena for arranging and providing district-level maize data and preparing the GIS maps. We also acknowledge the editorial review of this document by Sarah Fennell, consultant, and Alma McNab, senior science writer/editor, and design and formatting by Eliot Sánchez, CIMMYT Corporate Communications, Mexico. The authors are r esponsible for any errors in this publication.
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