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Title: | Scaling-up of pulses production under frontline demonstrations technology transfer programme of Himachal Himalayas, India |
Other Titles: | Not Available |
Authors: | Choudhary AK and Suri VK |
ICAR Data Use Licennce: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/PDF/ICAR_Data_Use_Licence.pdf |
Author's Affiliated institute: | Farm Science Center, Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh AgriculturalUniversity, Sundernagar, Himachal Pradesh, India Department of Soil Science, CSK Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University,Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India |
Published/ Complete Date: | 2013-04-11 |
Project Code: | Not Available |
Keywords: | Frontline demonstrations, productivity, profitability, pulses, technology index, water-use efficiency |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Publication |
Citation: | Choudhary AK and Suri VK. 2013. Scaling-up of pulses production under frontline demonstrations technology transfer programme of Himachal Himalayas, India. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis (Accepted). |
Series/Report no.: | Not Available; |
Abstract/Description: | Frontline demonstrations technology-transfer program (FLD-TTP) in pulses is a noble initiative of the government of India for higher technology adoption to bridge yield gaps. Thus, a study was conducted in Himachal Pradesh, India, on pulse productivity and profitability enhancement using proven technology besides yield gap analysis under FLD-TTP. Extension yield gaps varied by 485–550, 210–460, 470–640, 290–320, 494–600, and 277–512 kg ha−1 in blackgram (Vigna mungo), kidneybean (Phaseolus vulgaris), pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan), cowpea (Vigna sinensis), chickpea (Cicer arietinum), and lentil (Lens culinaris), respectively, in the current study. Greater technology gaps were registered in cowpea and chickpea and the least in kidneybean. It was inferred that by adopting improved pulse production technology, pulse productivity can be raised by 97–128, 39–82, 112–129, 59–65, 130–141, and 67–126% in blackgram, kidneybean, pigeonpea, cowpea, chickpea, and lentil, respectively. Improved technology package has also enhanced profitability and additional returns enhancing incremental benefit–cost ratio (1.25–7.21). Technology indexes in blackgram (34.3–34.7%), kidneybean (32–37.5%), pigeonpea (47–50.6%), cowpea (68.8–73%), chickpea (59–65%), and lentil (44.3–60.2%) revealed that demonstrated technology under FLD-TTP is quite feasible in prevailing farming situations in Himachal Pradesh, but it strongly emphasizes educating farmers intensively to adopt available technology. Improved technology has also raised water-use-efficiency in Kharif (0.89–1.32 kg ha−1 mm) and Rabi pulses (2.41–5.62 kg ha−1 mm). Overall, FLD-TTP has great potential to scale up pulse productivity and farmers’ livelihoods in Himachal Pradesh and collateral farming situations in the developing world to enhance agricultural production. |
Description: | Not Available |
ISSN: | Print ISSN: 0010-3624 Online ISSN: 1532-2416 |
Type(s) of content: | Article |
Sponsors: | Not Available |
Language: | English |
Name of Journal: | Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis |
NAAS Rating: | 6.77 |
Volume No.: | Volume 45 |
Page Number: | Issue 14 |
Name of the Division/Regional Station: | Not Available |
Source, DOI or any other URL: | https://doi.org/10.1080/00103624.2014.909836 |
URI: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/29198 |
Appears in Collections: | NRM-IIWM-Publication |
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