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Effect of improved crop production technologies in enhancing sorghum productivity in rainfed areas of Mahbubnagar district in Andhra Pradesh

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Title Effect of improved crop production technologies in enhancing sorghum productivity in rainfed areas of Mahbubnagar district in Andhra Pradesh
 
Creator Ravinder Reddy, Ch
Reddy, B V S
Alur, A S
Ashok Kumar, A
Reddy, P S
 
Subject Sorghum
 
Description Mahabubnagar district in Andhra Pradesh state of India is
a drought prone area, classified as ‘rain shadow area’ and
receives an average annual rainfall of 587 mm. The
district falls under hot moist semi-arid Agro-Ecological
Sub Region (AESR) as per National Bureau of Soil
Survey and Land Use Planning (NBSS&LUP). Erratic
rainfall, frequent dry spells, low soil fertility,
inappropriate soil and water management practices
causing land degradation, and declining land : man ratio
are some of the important problems faced by the farmers
in the district. Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) and pearl
millet (Pennisetum glaucum) are two important and
predominant crops grown in the district. The
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid
Tropics (ICRISAT) is executing a project on “Enhanced
Utilization of Sorghum and Pearl Millet Grains in Poultry
Feed Industry to Improve Livelihoods of Small-Scale
Farmers in Asia” in coalition with other partners. It is
funded by Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) and
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
(FAO) (CFC/FIG/32). One of the activities of the project
is to enhance sorghum crop productivity and improve
livelihood opportunities through improved production
technologies using convergence and coalition of institutions.
 
Publisher International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
 
Date 2007
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/2582/1/Effect_of_improved_crop.pdf
Ravinder Reddy, Ch and Reddy, B V S and Alur, A S and Ashok Kumar, A and Reddy, P S (2007) Effect of improved crop production technologies in enhancing sorghum productivity in rainfed areas of Mahbubnagar district in Andhra Pradesh. Journal of SAT Agricultural Research, 5 (1). pp. 1-2.