%0 Book Section
%A Joshi, P K
%A Asokan, M
%A Datta, K K
%A Kumar, P
%B Legumes in rice and wheat cropping systems of the Indo-Gangetic Plain - constraints and opportunities
%C Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India
%D 2000
%E Johansen, C
%E Duxbury, J M
%E Virmani, S M
%E Gowda, C L L
%E Pande, S
%E Joshi, P K
%F icrisat:3467
%I International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
%P 176-184
%T Socioeconomic constraints to legumes production in rice-wheat cropping systems of India
%U http://oar.icrisat.org/3467/
%X Despite lower cost of production and higher output prices of legumes, their  profitability has remained too low in comparison with rice and wheat.  Even if the existing subsidies on fertilizers and electricity for irrigation  are withdrawn, it was shown that the rice-wheat cropping sequence  remains most profitable. Inclusion of legumes in the system helped in  conserving the natural resource base, particularly soil fertility and  groundwater, but at the cost of profit, food grain production, and  unemployment of fixed resources. The prime need is to break the existing  yield barriers of legumes and design innovative policies on risk and  resource management.