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Economics of Improved sorghum cultivars in farmers fields in Andhra Pradesh

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Title Economics of Improved sorghum cultivars in farmers fields in Andhra Pradesh
 
Creator Reddy, B V S
Rao, P P
Reddy, G R
Reddy, K K
 
Subject Sorghum
Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
 
Description India is the second largest producer of sorghum (Sorghum
bicolor) in the world, producing 7.8 million t in 2001–02
(CMIE 2004). Sorghum in India is grown in the rainy
season (June–October) on around 4.5 million ha and in
the postrainy season (September–January) on around 5.4
million ha. In the state of Andhra Pradesh, rainy season
sorghum is grown on 0.3 million ha, producing 0.29
million t of grain while the postrainy season sorghum
accounts for 0.34 million ha producing 0.35 million t of
grain (Government of Andhra Pradesh 2003). Generally,
resource-poor small farmers in the semi-arid regions of
Andhra Pradesh with less than 1 ha of land grow
sorghum. The crop is mainly cultivated under semisubsistence
farming to meet household requirements of
food and fodder with a small marketable surplus. While
postrainy season sorghum is almost completely used for
human consumption, rainy season sorghum, which is
used for food, is also used for non-food purposes such as
poultry and livestock feed, and alcohol and starch
manufacturing (Kleih et al. 2000). Lack of availability of
rainy season sorghum in bulk quantities and assured
supplies is one of the main reasons constraining its usage
in industry. High per unit cost of production of local
sorghum and unremunerative grain price reduce its
profitability to farmers. Although about 35% of marketable
surplus is available, these are often scattered and hence
non-economical to procure in sufficient bulk quantities by
industrial users (Marsland and Parthasarathy Rao 2000).
 
Publisher International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
 
Date 2004
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/4393/1/Economics_of_Improved_sorghum_cultivars_in_farmers_fields_in_Andhra_Pradesh.pdf
Reddy, B V S and Rao, P P and Reddy, G R and Reddy, K K (2004) Economics of Improved sorghum cultivars in farmers fields in Andhra Pradesh. International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter, 45. pp. 40-42. ISSN 1023-487X