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Impact of Potential Technologies for Post-Rainy Season Sorghum (in Maharashtra) and Pearl Millet (in Gujarat, Haryana, and Rajasthan) in India

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Title Impact of Potential Technologies for Post-Rainy
Season Sorghum (in Maharashtra) and Pearl Millet
(in Gujarat, Haryana, and Rajasthan) in India
 
Creator Nagaraj, N
More, S
Pokharkar, V
Haldar, S
 
Subject Millets
 
Description In  India,  sorghum  is  cultivated  during  rainy  and  post‐rainy  season  in  central  and  western 
Maharashtra,  Northern  Karnataka,  Andhra  Pradesh  and  Tamil  Nadu.  Sorghum  is  cultivated  in 
Maharashtra  both  for  grain  and  fodder  during  kharif  (on  13.84  lakh  ha)  and  rabi  season  (on 
31.12 lakh ha). The rabi sorghum occupied 64 % of sorghum area. In Marathwada rabi sorghum 
is cultivated in 10.48 lakh ha, and in Western Maharashtra in 20.14   lakh ha. 
HOPE  project  aims  at  increasing  productivity  in  the  target  areas  from  35‐40  %  in  four  years. 
Under  this  project  six  clusters  and  12  villages  are  covered
  in  Marathwada  and  Western 
Maharashtra.   
Besides  targeting  improved  varieties,  targeting  on  the  key  recommended  technologies, 
management  practices  like  drilling  of  fertilizer  along  with  seed,  seed  treatment,  deep  sowing, 
wide  row  spacing,  optimum  plant  population,  Integrated  Pest  Management  (IPM)  and 
Integrated Nutrient Management (INM) are crucial. In addition, moisture use efficiency 
towards 
reducing drought risk is vital. 
 
Publisher ICRISAT
 
Date 2011
 
Type Monograph
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/107/1/merged_document-3.pdf
Nagaraj, N and More, S and Pokharkar, V and Haldar, S (2011) Impact of Potential Technologies for Post-Rainy Season Sorghum (in Maharashtra) and Pearl Millet (in Gujarat, Haryana, and Rajasthan) in India. Project Report. ICRISAT. (Unpublished)