Author: K.K. Framji, K.K. Mahajan

Year: 1972,

Type: Special Publication, Format: Print

Among the staple food crops wheat occupies the most important place, i.e., about 32 per cent of world total of cereals harvested area account for wheat. The food production of the world has to keep pace with the exponential rising of population. It is, therefore, necessary to consider the ways and means of increasing wheat production through proper water management and other scientific measures. This publication, divided in two parts, presents a world-wide review in Part I which, inter alia, discusses factors affecting selection of land for wheat cultivation, land preparation, climatic conditions, wheat varieties, water management, climatic conditions, wheat varieties, water management methods of irrigation, farm hydraulic structures and control of water table, etc., soil management, water requirements including quality of water, consumptive use measurement, wheat yield in different countries, economics of wheat cultivation, recommendations for further studies. Part II presents country reports which comprise practices of wheat cultivation in 24 major countries; a bibliography of 536 references is compiled at the end. The countries are: Arab Rep. of Egypt, Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Ecuador, Fed. Rep. of Germany, France, Hungary, India, Iran, Israel, Mexico, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Rep. of China, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Romania, Spain, Turkey, USA and USSR.