@manual{icrisat6812,
       publisher = {International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics},
    organization = {International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics},
         address = {Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India},
            year = {2013},
            type = {Documentation},
           title = {Pulses Production Scenario: Policy and Technological Options(Policy Brief No. 26) },
          author = {A A Reddy and M C S Bantilan and G Mohan},
             url = {http://oar.icrisat.org/6812/},
        abstract = {Historically, India is the largest producer, consumer
and importer of pulses. Although it is the world?s
largest pulses producer, there is still a huge shortage
of pulses and also, the prices are not affordable to
a large section of consumers. An immediate need
is the development and dissemination of low-cost
technologies in pulses production, so that they can
be affordable to the common man. Even though
pulses production increased by 3.35\% per annum
during the last decade, the cost of production and
consequent prices are too high to be affordable to the
common man; to increase production at lower cost
is a bigger challenge. The earlier experience shows
that technological efforts need to be supported by
the right policy environment to harvest fruits of R\&D
in agriculture (Reddy 2009). Still, the productivity of
pulses in India is low at 694 kg/ha, and to make pulses
production internationally competitive, the average
yield levels need to be increased to at least 1ton/ha...}
}