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Early adoption of improved vertisol technology options and double cropping in Begumgunj, Madhya Pradesh

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Title Early adoption of improved vertisol technology options
and double cropping in Begumgunj, Madhya Pradesh
 
Creator Foster, J H
Kshirsagar, K G
Bhende, M J
Rao, V B
Walker, T S
 
Subject Pigeonpea
 
Description Perceptions of 25 verification trial watershed and neighboring farmers were elicited to assess the early acceptance of the Vertisol technology options tested in Begumgunj from 1982-83 to 1984-85. The economic analysis showed the main economic advantage of the improved technology stemmed from the highly profitable soybean/pigeonpea intercrop which substituted for
traditional rainy season fallow - postrainy season wheat.
Despite its impressive performance in the trials, interest in the soybean/pigeonpea intercrop has waned with only four of 25 farmers growing it in 1986-87. Frost risk was the most common explanation for the lack of interest. Preference for postrainy season subsistence crops instead of pigecnpea was also cited by several farmers. Not mentioned by farmers, but perhaps an important explanation, is tne difficulty of suing intercrops in rows with modern seed drills...
 
Publisher ICRISAT
 
Date 1987
 
Type Monograph
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/8261/1/Economic%20Progress%20Report77.pdf
Foster, J H and Kshirsagar, K G and Bhende, M J and Rao, V B and Walker, T S (1987) Early adoption of improved vertisol technology options and double cropping in Begumgunj, Madhya Pradesh. Monograph. ICRISAT, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh.