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of Sorghum and Millets in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia (HOPE) Project funded by the
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The financial assistance from the HOPE Project is greatly
acknowledged. We are thankful to Dr George E Okwach, Project Coordinator, HOPE for Sorghum
and Millets, ICRISAT – Bamako for providing all the support from the HOPE project. The authors
would like to thank the HOPE project partners from Parbhani, Maharashtra for their valuable
inputs. We are especially thankful to SS Ambekar, Coordinator & Sorghum Breeder, Sorghum
Research Station, MAU, Parbhani, Maharashtra; for providing necessary information. We are
also thankful to G Basavaraj, Scientist (Economics), ICRISAT, Patancheru, for his technical inputs,
Belum VS Reddy, Principal Scientist, ICRISAT; Ashok Kumar, Scientist, ICRISAT; and Dr Prabhakar,
Principal Scientist, Directorate of Sorghum Research, Solapur; for their critical inputs. The team
would like to thank HOPE farmers from Parbhani, Maharashtra for sparing their valuable time
in providing the information and Senior Research Fellows who helped in data collection. We are
also thankful to the reviewers Dr ST Borikar, Dr VR Kiresur, Dr BVS Reddy and Dr PG Chengappa
who provided critical comments and suggestions.","Postrainy season sorghum is one of the major dietary staple cereal crops in Marathwada
region supporting food and fodder security. Currently, the productivity levels are extremely
low because of limited adoption of dryland technologies by the poor. Thus, the HOPE
project aimed at increasing the productivity of sorghum and pearl millet by 35-40%
over the base level in South Asia through introducing on-shelf technology and improved
management practices in the targeted clusters over a period of four years. In this regard,
the baseline survey was conducted in the primary project intervention area (HOPE)
where improved technologies have been introduced and in matching control villages
with comparable agro-ecological and market conditions in non-intervention area (non-
HOPE), where improved technologies have not been made. The objective of the baseline
survey was to appraise the existing situation of the targeted cluster villages with respect
to adoption of technologies, productivity, income, yield gaps and other socioeconomic
issues. The coverage area of improved rabi sorghum varieties were around 15% in HOPE
and 5% in non-HOPE areas, where the yield gap was estimated at 40–50% as compared to
the potential yield for the improved varieties. The productivity of rabi sorghum in the HOPE
area was 1.17 t/ha and in the non-HOPE area 1.2 t/ha. However, in the HOPE area farmers
are receiving a net return of ` 2017 per ha and in the non-HOPE ` 2421 considering all
costs. The annual per capita income in the HOPE area is ` 32,029, while in the non-HOPE
area, it is ` 40,669, of which 65% is derived from crop enterprise only. There is significant
involvement of women in activities such as land preparation, intercultural operations,
harvesting and threshing. Moisture stress especially during sowing and/or terminal
stage and shortage of labor especially during harvesting and threshing were some of the
key critical constraints expressed by the farmers in adoption of improved rabi sorghum
technologies.","2013","published",,,,,"International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics","Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India",,"28",,,,,"Working Paper Series No. 38",,"International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics","RP-Markets, Institutions And Policies",,,,,,,,,,"",,"http://scholar.google.co.in/scholar?q=allintitle%3A+%22Baseline+Scenario+of+Postrainy+Season+Sorghum+Economy+in+Marathwada+Region+of+Maharashtra.+Working+Paper+Series+No.+38%22&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5","pub",,"Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.","Productivity Enhancement of Sorghum and Millets in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia (HOPE) Project",,,,,,"",,,,,,,"",,,,,"",,,,,"","",,,,,"","",,,,,
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