?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=151-2013&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F6994%2F&rft.title=Baseline+Scenario+of+Rainy+Season+Pearl+Millet+in+Haryana+-+Working+Paper+Series+No.+40&rft.creator=Nagaraj%2C+N&rft.creator=Kundu%2C+K+K&rft.creator=Haldar%2C+S&rft.creator=Bantilan%2C+M+C+S&rft.creator=Chandrakanth%2C+M+G&rft.subject=Millets&rft.description=Pearl+millet+has+been+cultivated+in+Haryana+as+a+dual+purpose+crop+where+grain+and+fodder+are+most%0D%0Aoften+valued+equally%2C+which+supports+poor+smallholders+and+livestock+in+the+harsh+agro-climatic%0D%0Aregion.+Currently%2C+the+productivity+levels+are+low+because+of+limited+adoption+of+dryland+technologies%0D%0Aby+the+poor.+The+HOPE+project+aimed+at+increasing+the+productivity+of+pearl+millet+by+35-40+%25+over%0D%0Athe+base+level+by+introducing+on-shelf+technology+and+improved+management+practices+in+the%0D%0Atargeted+clusters+over+a+period+of+four+years.+In+this+regard%2C+the+baseline+survey+was+carried+out+in+the%0D%0Aprimary+project+intervention+area+(HOPE)+where+improved+technologies+have+been+introduced%2C+and+in%0D%0Amatching+control+villages+with+comparable+agro-ecological+and+market+conditions+in+non-intervention%0D%0Aareas+(non-HOPE)%2C+where+improved+technologies+have+not+been+made.+The+objective+of+this+baseline%0D%0Asurvey+was+to+appraise+the+existing+situation+of+the+targeted+cluster+villages+with+respect+to+adoption%0D%0Aof+technologies%2C+productivity%2C+income%2C+yield+gaps+and+other+socioeconomic+issues.+Pearl+millet+is+the%0D%0Amajor+crop+in+the+rainy+season+followed+by+mustard+and+gram+in+the+rabi+(postrainy)+season.+The%0D%0Aaverage+productivity+of+pearl+millet+ranges+from+1.54+%E2%80%93+1.79+t%2Fha+as+against+the+potential+yield+of+2.5+%E2%80%93%0D%0A2.9+t%2Fha%2C+leaving+a+yield+gap+of+58-101%25.+In+the+HOPE+clusters%2C+adoption+rate+of+hybrids+is+at+the+peak%2C%0D%0Acovering+around+48%25+(out+of+124.5+ha)+under+public+bred+hybrids+(HHB+67%2C+HHB+67+Improved)%2C+and+50%0D%0A%25+under+proprietary+hybrids.+While+the+same+in+non-HOPE+area+was+35%25+(out+of+54.8+ha)+under+public%0D%0Abred+hybrids%2C+and+rest+of+the+area+is+under+proprietary+hybrids.+The+yield+gap+of+improved+hybrids%0D%0Aof+pearl+millet+was+estimated+as+58-101%25%2C+as+compared+to+the+potential+yield%2C+which+shows+further%0D%0Ascope+for+improvement+in+productivity+levels.+On+an+average%2C+farmers+were+reaping+a+net+benefit+of+is%0D%0ARs.2108+per+ha+in+HOPE+areas%2C+while+it+was+Rs.6238+per+ha+in+non-HOPE+area%2C+after+accounting+the+total%0D%0Acosts.+Farmers+most+preferred+traits+in+public+hybrids+of+pearl+millet+inter+alia+include+more+palatable%0D%0Agrain+and+fodder+quality+and+disease-pest-moisture+stress.+Key+critical+constraints+expressed+by+the%0D%0Afarmers+are+shortage+of+labour+especially+during+harves&rft.publisher=International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics&rft.date=2013&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F6994%2F1%2FHaryana-wps40.pdf&rft.identifier=++Nagaraj%2C+N+and+Kundu%2C+K+K+and+Haldar%2C+S+and+Bantilan%2C+M+C+S+and+Chandrakanth%2C+M+G++(2013)+Baseline+Scenario+of+Rainy+Season+Pearl+Millet+in+Haryana+-+Working+Paper+Series+No.+40.++Working+Paper.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics%2C+Patancheru%2C+Andhra+Pradesh.+++++&rft.relation=151-2013