relation: http://oar.icrisat.org/11920/
title: Enhancing Demand Of Pearl Millet as Super Grain
creator: Satyavathi, C T
creator: Praveen, S
creator: Mazumdar, S D
creator: Chugh, L K
creator: Kawatra, A
subject: Pearl Millet
subject: Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
description: Pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.] is the staple food of majority of  the poor and small land holders, as well as a source of feed and fodder for  livestock in the rainfed regions of the country. Pearl millet excels all other  cereals because it is a C4 plant with high photosynthetic efficiency and dry  matter production capacity. It requires less inputs, matures in short  duration and is considered as nutritious food, feed and fodder. It is usually  grown under the most adverse agro-climatic conditions where other crops  like sorghum and maize fail to produce economic yields. In India, pearl  millet is the third most widely cultivated food crop after rice and wheat. It  is grown on 7.128 million ha with an average productivity of 1132 kg/ha  during 2015-16 (Directorate of Millet Development, 2017; Project  Coordinator Review, 2017). The major pearl millet growing states are  Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana which  account for more than 90% of pearl millet acreage in the country. Most of  pearl millet in India is grown in rainy (kharif) season (June–September). It is  also cultivated during the summer season (February–May) in parts of  Gujarat, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh; and during the post-rainy (rabi)  season (November–February) at a small scale in Maharashtra and Gujarat.
publisher: ICAR – All India Coordinated Research Project on Pearl Millet
date: 2017-09
type: Monograph
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: http://oar.icrisat.org/11920/1/EnhancingDemandofPearlmillet.pdf
identifier:   Satyavathi, C T and Praveen, S and Mazumdar, S D and Chugh, L K and Kawatra, A  (2017) Enhancing Demand Of Pearl Millet as Super Grain.  Project Report. ICAR – All India Coordinated Research Project on Pearl Millet, Jodhpur, India.     
relation: http://www.aicpmip.res.in/Enhancing_Demand_of_Pearlmillet_as_Super_Grain.pdf