Citation:

Chapter 7. DA Widawsky, JC O’Toole. 1996. Prioritizing the rice research agenda for Eastern India. Pages 109-129. In: RE Evenson, RW Herdt, M Hossain. 1996. Rice Research in Asia: Progress and Priorities. CAB International, Wallingford, Oxon OX108DE, UK and International Rice Research Institute, PO Box 933, 1099 Manila, Philippines. 405 pages.

Keywords: rice Oryza sativa, synopsis of rice production in Eastern India, production and yields in eastern India, rice environments and production zones, irrigated wet season, dry season, rainfed lowland, rainfed upland, deepwater, technical constraints, adverse climate, adverse soils, insects,

diseases, vertebrate pests, survey background and methodology, basic assumptions, yield gap, estimates of crop losses, questionnaire survey, research priorities, current progress, future needs