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Sustainable Agricultural Development through Value Addition and Linking of Farmers to Markets in Telangana State of India

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Relation http://oar.icrisat.org/11068/
 
Title Sustainable Agricultural Development through Value
Addition and Linking of Farmers to Markets in
Telangana State of India
 
Creator Selvaraj, A
Karnan, R V
Majumdar, S
Divya Nancy, G
Mane, H
Durgulla, P
Suchiradipta, B
Siva Shankar, A
 
Subject Agriculture
Smallholder Farmers
Sustainable Agriculture
Telangana
Agricultural Marketing
Pigeonpea
Value Chains
 
Description Sustainable agricultural development can be ensured by empowering smallholder farmers with
inclusive business models that enhance their livelihoods. This paper outlines the interventions by
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in collaboration with
Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA), Telangana, to enhance livelihoods of tribal
smallholders in Adilabad district of Telangana State, India, by providing value addition opportunities
and market linkages. Tiryani, Wankidi and Karameri mandals of Adilabad district of Telangana were
selected for the interventions, being some of the most backward regions inhabited by tribals. Data
analysis was done using MS Excel software. The interventions focused on providing access to seed,
establishing pilot processing units for value addition to pigeon pea, training and capacity building on
crop production and handling of processing units and providing market linkages. Efficiency of the
processing units and the effect of pre- treatments on milling efficiency was also studied and
processing parameters optimized. The interventions helped increase income of farmers by 86 per
cent, established two pigeon pea processing units and streamlined the pigeon pea value chain in
the region.
 
Publisher SCIENCEDOMAIN International
 
Date 2018
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Selvaraj, A and Karnan, R V and Majumdar, S and Divya Nancy, G and Mane, H and Durgulla, P and Suchiradipta, B and Siva Shankar, A (2018) Sustainable Agricultural Development through Value Addition and Linking of Farmers to Markets in Telangana State of India. Advances in Research, 17 (5). pp. 1-10. ISSN 2348-0394