?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F7037%2F&rft.title=Partnership+for+Technological+Empowerment+and+Sustainable+Livelihood+for+Smallholder+Farmers+in+the+Rainfed+Upland+Ecosystems+of+Odisha&rft.creator=Mula%2C+M+G&rft.creator=Saxena%2C+K+B&rft.creator=Gopalan%2C+R+S&rft.creator=Das%2C+S+K&rft.creator=Kumar%2C+R+V&rft.subject=Pigeonpea&rft.subject=Agriculture-Farming%2C+Production%2C+Technology%2C+Economics&rft.description=The+project+%E2%80%98Introduction+and+Expansion+of+Improved+Pigeonpea+(Arhar)+Production+Technology+in+Rainfed+Upland+Ecosystems+of+Odisha%E2%80%99+is+funded+by+the%0D%0AGovernment+of+Odisha+under+the+Rashtriya%0D%0AKrishi+Vikas+Yojana+(RKVY)+sub-scheme+353+No.+15(03)%2F19%2F2011.+This+was+approved+on+23+May+2011+for+a+period+of+4+years+(2011-2014)+with+a+total%0D%0Abudget+of+Rs+10.253+crores+(US+%24+2.29+million)+to%0D%0Acover+five+districts+(Bolinger%2C+Boudh%2C+Kalahandi%2C+Nauparha+and+Rayagada).+The+project+was+officially+launched+on+9+August+2011+at+the+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics+(ICRISAT)+headquarters+in+Patancheru%2C+Andhra+Pradesh%2C+India.%0D%0AThere+is+an+enormous+potential+for+the+expansion+of+high-yielding+short-+and+medium-duration+pigeonpea+varieties+and+hybrids+in+the+rainfed+areas+of+Odisha.+However%2C+majority+of+farmers+in+these+rainfed+upland+ecosystems+do+not+have+access+to+improved%0D%0Apigeonpea+cultivars+and+management+practices.+Thus%2C+this+project+is+being+implemented+through+a+farmer+participatory+approach+towards+developing+sustainable+livelihoods+in+the+State+through+improved+pigeonpea+production....&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%2F7037%2F1%2FFlyer_OdishaAndICRISAT-2013.pdf&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F7037%2F7%2FIPMIDM_in_Pigeonpea_2013.pdf&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F7037%2F8%2FCulturalManagementPrcatices-Peigeonpea_2013.pdf&rft.identifier=++Mula%2C+M+G+and+Saxena%2C+K+B+and+Gopalan%2C+R+S+and+Das%2C+S+K+and+Kumar%2C+R+V++(2013)+Partnership+for+Technological+Empowerment+and+Sustainable+Livelihood+for+Smallholder+Farmers+in+the+Rainfed+Upland+Ecosystems+of+Odisha.++Documentation.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics%2C+Patancheru%2C+Andhra+Pradesh%2C+India.+++++