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Prospects for kharif (Rainy Season)and Summer Pearl Millet in Western India. Working Paper Series no. 36

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Title Prospects for kharif (Rainy Season)and Summer Pearl Millet
in Western India. Working Paper Series no. 36
 
Creator Reddy, A A
Rao, P P
Yadav, O P
Singh, I P
Ardeshna, N J
Kundu, K K
Gupta, S K
Sharma, R
Sawargaonkar, G L
Malik, D P
Shyam, D M
Reddy, K S
 
Subject Millets
 
Description Pearl millet is a major cereal crop in northwestern India. The crop is grown in very harsh,
arid, dry climatic areas having high temperature and low and erratic rainfall. It’s use as food
is declining but its use as cattle feed, poultry feed and source of starch in the alcohol industry
is increasing. Its fodder is an important source of animal feed particularly in dry months when
alternative sources of feed are not available. In the last decade, pearl millet was also grown
under irrigation in the summer months. Gujarat state has the highest area under summer
pearl millet not only among the northwestern states but also at the all-India level. In this
paper, we have analyzed the productive potential of both kharif (rainy season) and summer
pearl millet particularly in Gujarat state. Kharif pearl millet still contributes to the bulk of the
pearl millet production in western India although its yields are relatively low. To compete with
crops like guar, green gram, cotton, etc, both grain and fodder yields of the kharif crop need
to be increased. With the adoption of improved cultivars and low-cost improved technology,
yields can be increased by 20-30% from the existing levels. Yields of summer pearl millet
are much higher since it is grown under irrigation and its grain quality is also superior. It is
grown as a commercial crop with the bulk of the crop sold domestically, and also exported
to neighboring countries. There is a need to explore opportunities to expand the area under
summer pearl millet particularly in areas where irrigation is available and the fields are vacant
during the summer season.
 
Publisher International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
 
Date 2013
 
Type Monograph
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/6693/1/WPS_36_MIP.pdf
Reddy, A A and Rao, P P and Yadav, O P and Singh, I P and Ardeshna, N J and Kundu, K K and Gupta, S K and Sharma, R and Sawargaonkar, G L and Malik, D P and Shyam, D M and Reddy, K S (2013) Prospects for kharif (Rainy Season)and Summer Pearl Millet in Western India. Working Paper Series no. 36. Working Paper. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India.