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Coupling landscape-scale diagnostics surveys, on-farm experiments, and simulation to identify entry points for sustainably closing rice yield gaps in Nepal

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  • Devkota, Krishna Prasad
  • Devkota, Mina
  • Paudel, Gokul Prasad
  • McDonald, Andrew James

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Rice is the primary staple food crop in Nepal, contributing 20% of the agricultural gross domestic product and more than 50% of the total calories in the national diet. Nevertheless, the productivity of rice (3.36 t ha−1) is the lowest in South Asia region.

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  • Devkota, Krishna Prasad & Devkota, Mina & Paudel, Gokul Prasad & McDonald, Andrew James, 2021. "Coupling landscape-scale diagnostics surveys, on-farm experiments, and simulation to identify entry points for sustainably closing rice yield gaps in Nepal," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 192(C).
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    DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103182
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