HYV Fertilisers Synergy or Substitution-Implications for Policy and Prospects for Agricultural Development

Implications for Policy and Prospects for Agricultural Development Kirit S Parikh This paper analyses the results of the Simple Fertiliserof Agricultural Research on cultivators fields to argue that, need not necessarily be concentrated either on irrigated landto be based on an analysis of local conditions and responses of guided by general principles of Introduction TH E conventional wisdom regarding the natute of the high yielding varieties (HYV) which have ushered in the 'Green Revolution' includes the following beliefs: