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creators_name: Nagaraj, N
creators_name: More, S
creators_name: Pokharkar, V
creators_name: Haldar, S
icrisatcreators_name: Nagaraj, N
icrisatcreators_name: More, S
icrisatcreators_name: Pokharkar, V
icrisatcreators_name: Haldar, S
affiliation: ICRISAT(Patancheru)
country: India
title: Impact of Potential Technologies for Post-Rainy 
Season Sorghum (in Maharashtra) and Pearl Millet
(in Gujarat, Haryana, and Rajasthan) in India 


ispublished: unpub
subjects: S1.5
full_text_status: public
monograph_type: project_report
agrotags: <b>Agrotags</b>     - sorghum | grain | forage | varieties | diseases | marketing | yields | farmers | markets | drought <br><b>Fishtags</b>    - pearls <br><b>Geopoliticaltags</b> - maharashtra | india | principe | rajasthan | haryana | gujarat | asia | south asia
note: We  are  sincerely  thankful  to  HOPE  project  partners  from  Parbhani  and  Rahuri,  Maharashtra  for  their  valuable 
inputs.  We  are  specially  thankful  to  S  S  Ambekar,  Coordinator  &  Sorghum  Breeder,  Sorghum  Research  Station, 
MAU,  Parbhani,  Maharashtra,  S  T  Borekar,  Sorghum  breeder  and  Scientist,  MAU,  Parbhani,  Maharashtra,  S  R 
Gadakh,  Senior  sorghum  breeder,
  MPKV,  Rahuri,  Maharashtra,  for  providing  necessary  information.  We  are  also 
thankful  to  G  Basavaraj,  Special  Project  Scientist,  (Economics),  ICRISAT,  Patancheru,  for  his  technical  inputs,  Belum 
V S Reddy, Principal scientist, ICRISAT and Ashok Kumar, Scientist, ICRISAT, for their critical inputs. We would like to 
thank  HOPE  Farmers  from  Parbhani  and 
Rahuri,  Maharashtra  for  sparing  their  valuable  time  in  providing  the 
information. 
 
abstract: 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. 

date: 2011
publisher: ICRISAT
pages: 5
institution: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
department: HOPE
funders: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
projects: HOPE
citation:   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)  
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/107/1/merged_document-3.pdf