?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=150-2013&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F6998%2F&rft.title=Baseline+Scenario+of+Rainy+Season+Pearl+Millet+Economy+in+Gujarat+-+Working+Paper+Series+No.+41&rft.creator=Nagaraj%2C+N&rft.creator=Ardeshna%2C+N+J&rft.creator=Haldar%2C+S&rft.creator=Bantilan%2C+M+C+S&rft.creator=Chandrakanth%2C+M+G&rft.subject=Millets&rft.subject=Agriculture-Farming%2C+Production%2C+Technology%2C+Economics&rft.description=Gujarat+state+is+one+of+the+most+important+pearl+millet+producing+states+where+it+is+consumed+as+staple+food+supporting+poor+smallholders+and+livestock+in+the+harsh+agroclimatic+region.+Currently%2C+the+productivity+levels+are+relatively+low+due+to+limited+adoption+of+dryland+technologies+by+the+poor.+The+Harnessing+Opportunities+for+Productivity+Enhancement+(HOPE)+project+aimed+at+increasing+the+productivity+of+pearl+millet+by+35-40%25+over+the+base+level.+In+this+regard%2C+the+baseline+survey+was+carried+out+in+the+primary+project+intervention+area+(HOPE)+where+improved+technologies+have+been+introduced+and%0D%0Ain+matching+control+villages+with+comparable+agro-ecological+and+market+conditions+in+the%0D%0Anon-intervention+area+(non-HOPE)%2C+where+improved+technologies+have+not+been+used.+The+objective+of+the+baseline+survey+was+to+appraise+the+existing+situation+of+the+targeted+clusters+Radhanpur+and+Tharad+with+respect+to+adoption+of+technologies%2C+productivity%2C+income%2C+yield+gaps+and+other+socioeconomic+issues.&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%2F6998%2F1%2FGujrat_WPS_41.pdf&rft.identifier=++Nagaraj%2C+N+and+Ardeshna%2C+N+J+and+Haldar%2C+S+and+Bantilan%2C+M+C+S+and+Chandrakanth%2C+M+G++(2013)+Baseline+Scenario+of+Rainy+Season+Pearl+Millet+Economy+in+Gujarat+-+Working+Paper+Series+No.+41.++Working+Paper.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics%2C+Patancheru%2C+Andhra+Pradesh.+++++&rft.relation=150-2013