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Bhoochetana: Mission to Boost Productivity of Rainfed Agriculture through Science-led Interventions in Karnataka

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Title Bhoochetana: Mission to Boost Productivity of Rainfed Agriculture through Science-led Interventions in Karnataka
 
Creator Wani, S P
 
Subject Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
 
Description Role and contribution of rainfed areas in food production has been quite significant.
Eighty per cent of the cultivable area in the world and population is dependent on rainfed
agriculture. Major share of food production ie., about 60% comes from rainfed agriculture.
Area under rainfed agriculture in India is 85 million ha. contributing to 44% National food
production. Similar situation more or less exists in Karnataka. Out of total cultivated area
of 123.85 lakh ha., about 70% of the area is rainfed.
Major rainfed crops of the State are jowar, ragi, maize, minor millets, groundnut, sunflower,
soybean, tur, green gram, black gram, Bengal gram, and field bean etc. It has been
observed that the average yields of these crops by and large in the State are less than the
national average and also averages of other States. Further a wide gap exists in actual
yield levels in the farmer’s field and yields of field level demonstrations.
There is an opportunity to enhance yield levels in the fields of farmers by two to three folds
through adoption of suitable improved dryland technologies for various crops. Based on
the research findings of ICRISAT, Hyderabad, and demonstrations conducted under Sujala
Watershed Programme; a set of dryland technologies have been identified by ICRISAT,
Hyderabad for increasing yields to an extent of minimum 20%. Encouraged by this, and
also with a view to enable farmers to get better yields in their fields, the Government of
Karnataka initiated an novel scheme called Bhoochetana during 2009–10.......
 
Publisher International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics
 
Contributor Wani, S P
Sarvesh, K V
Krishnappa, K
Dharmarajan, B K
Deepaja, S M
 
Date 2012
 
Type Book
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/5925/1/Bhoochetana_mission_to%20Boost_2012.pdf
Wani, S P (2012) Bhoochetana: Mission to Boost Productivity of Rainfed Agriculture through Science-led Interventions in Karnataka. International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh India. ISBN 9789290665489