?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F6422%2F&rft.title=Regional+Analysis+of+Household+Consumption+of+Sorghum+in+Major+Sorghum-Producing+and+Consuming+States+in+India-Working+Paper+Series+no.+28.&rft.creator=Basavaraj%2C+G&rft.creator=Rao%2C+P+P&rft.subject=Sorghum&rft.description=In+the+past%2C+studies+that+have+analyzed+household+consumption+data+of+the+National+Sample%0D%0ASurvey+Organization+(NSSO)+show+a+long+term+declining+trend+in+per+capita+consumption%0D%0Aof+nutritious+cereals+such+as+sorghum+and+pearl+millet+both+at+National+and+State+levels.%0D%0AHowever%2C+a+true+picture+can+be+drawn+by+looking+at+the+household+consumption+data+at+a%0D%0Adisaggregated+regional+level.+Regional+disaggregation+of+sorghum+consumption+shows+that%0D%0Asorghum+is+still+important+in+the+consumption+basket+particularly+in+rural+regions+of+central%2C%0D%0Aeastern+and+western+Maharashtra%2C+and+northern+Karnataka.+The+NSSO+data+used+for+this%0D%0Aanalysis+does+not+separate+consumption+by+kharif+(rainy+season)+and+rabi+(postrainy+season)%0D%0Asorghum.+The+bulk+of+rabi+sorghum+is+used+for+food+consumption+due+to+its+superior+grain%0D%0Aquality%2C+while+only+40-50%25+of+kharif+sorghum+is+used+for+direct+food+use.+The+finding+thus%0D%0Asuggests+that+an+increase+in+rabi+sorghum+production+through+productivity+increase+would%0D%0Ahelp+to+bring+down+the+prices+of+rabi+sorghum+and+make+its+consumption+affordable+for+low%0D%0Aincome+consumers.&rft.publisher=International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+Semi-Arid+Tropics&rft.date=2011&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F6422%2F1%2FJ258_2011%2520WPS%252028_full.pdf&rft.identifier=++Basavaraj%2C+G+and+Rao%2C+P+P++(2011)+Regional+Analysis+of+Household+Consumption+of+Sorghum+in+Major+Sorghum-Producing+and+Consuming+States+in+India-Working+Paper+Series+no.+28.++Working+Paper.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+Semi-Arid+Tropics%2C+Patancheru%2C+Andhra+Pradesh+India.+++++