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Although systems approaches in agricultural research have been introduced in India only recently, the Simulation and Systems Analysis for Rice Production (SARP) project has helped expand the country’s activities in this area. Systems thinking, analysis, and simulation have been used in agroecological zoning, estimating the potential production of crops, crop improvement, assessing the effects of climate change, nutrient and water management, and crop protection. To get quantitative measures on the behavior of rice in different environments, a substantial amount of work has been done. The data and human skills required for systems research appear to be major constraints. Continued international cooperation is needed to strengthen work in this field and to extend systems research to other areas of agricultural research, especially rainfed agriculture.
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Sankaran, S. (1994). The use of systems analysis methods—the experience at a national level (India). In: Goldsworthy, P., De Vries, F.P. (eds) Opportunities, use, and transfer of systems research methods in agriculture to developing countries. Systems Approaches for Sustainable Agricultural Development. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0764-8_13
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