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Improved ICRISAT Pigeonpea Varieties and Hybrids for Odisha

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Title Improved ICRISAT Pigeonpea Varieties and Hybrids for Odisha
 
Creator Mula, M G
Kumar, R V
Gopalan, R S
Das, S K
Saxena, K B
 
Subject Pigeonpea
 
Description Odisha State, (17.49´N to 22.34´N and 81.27´E to 87.29´E), is located on the eastern coast
of India. There are three main seasons in the state: summer (March to June), rainy (July to
October) and winter (November-February). The annual rainfall varies from 1140 mm to 1716
mm, and the rainfall increases from west to east. Maximum temperatures during the year
ranged from 24°C to 45°C and minimum temperatures ranged from 17°C to 22°C. The total
agricultural land area of Odisha is about 8.7 million hectares, of which 1.9 million hectares is
irrigated and the rest is rainfed. About 70 percent of the population lives in villages, and 85
percent of the total workforce depends on agriculture.
A large section of farmers in the rainfed upland ecosystems of Odisha have remained
isolated from improved cultivars and management practices of pigeonpea for various
reasons. There is ample scope for the expansion of high yielding short and medium duration
pigeonpea varieties and hybrids in the rainfed areas for developing sustainable livelihoods
through a farmer participatory approach, which led to the implementation of this project.
The project entitled ‘Introduction and Expansion of Improved Pigeonpea (Arhar)
Production Technology in Rainfed Upland Ecosystems of Odisha’ is funded by the
Government of Odisha under the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) sub-scheme 353 No.
15(03)/19/2011). This was approved on 23 May 2011 for a period of 4 years (2011-2014)
with a total budget of `10.253 crores (US$2.29 million – US$1 = `60 approx.) to cover five
districts (Balangir, Boudh, Kalahandi, Naupada and Rayagada). The project was officially
launched on 09 August 2011 at the International Crops Research Institute
 
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/7279/1/SuccessStoriesOdisha_2013.pdf
Mula, M G and Kumar, R V and Gopalan, R S and Das, S K and Saxena, K B (2013) Improved ICRISAT Pigeonpea Varieties and Hybrids for Odisha. Other. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India.