?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F7279%2F&rft.title=Improved+ICRISAT+Pigeonpea+Varieties+and+Hybrids+for+Odisha&rft.creator=Mula%2C+M+G&rft.creator=Kumar%2C+R+V&rft.creator=Gopalan%2C+R+S&rft.creator=Das%2C+S+K&rft.creator=Saxena%2C+K+B&rft.subject=Pigeonpea&rft.description=Odisha+State%2C+(17.49%C2%B4N+to+22.34%C2%B4N+and+81.27%C2%B4E+to+87.29%C2%B4E)%2C+is+located+on+the+eastern+coast%0D%0Aof+India.+There+are+three+main+seasons+in+the+state%3A+summer+(March+to+June)%2C+rainy+(July+to%0D%0AOctober)+and+winter+(November-February).+The+annual+rainfall+varies+from+1140+mm+to+1716%0D%0Amm%2C+and+the+rainfall+increases+from+west+to+east.+Maximum+temperatures+during+the+year%0D%0Aranged+from+24%C2%B0C+to+45%C2%B0C+and+minimum+temperatures+ranged+from+17%C2%B0C+to+22%C2%B0C.+The+total%0D%0Aagricultural+land+area+of+Odisha+is+about+8.7+million+hectares%2C+of+which+1.9+million+hectares+is%0D%0Airrigated+and+the+rest+is+rainfed.+About+70+percent+of+the+population+lives+in+villages%2C+and+85%0D%0Apercent+of+the+total+workforce+depends+on+agriculture.%0D%0AA+large+section+of+farmers+in+the+rainfed+upland+ecosystems+of+Odisha+have+remained%0D%0Aisolated+from+improved+cultivars+and+management+practices+of+pigeonpea+for+various%0D%0Areasons.+There+is+ample+scope+for+the+expansion+of+high+yielding+short+and+medium+duration%0D%0Apigeonpea+varieties+and+hybrids+in+the+rainfed+areas+for+developing+sustainable+livelihoods%0D%0Athrough+a+farmer+participatory+approach%2C+which+led+to+the+implementation+of+this+project.%0D%0AThe+project+entitled+%E2%80%98Introduction+and+Expansion+of+Improved+Pigeonpea+(Arhar)%0D%0AProduction+Technology+in+Rainfed+Upland+Ecosystems+of+Odisha%E2%80%99+is+funded+by+the%0D%0AGovernment+of+Odisha+under+the+Rashtriya+Krishi+Vikas+Yojana+(RKVY)+sub-scheme+353+No.%0D%0A15(03)%2F19%2F2011).+This+was+approved+on+23+May+2011+for+a+period+of+4+years+(2011-2014)%0D%0Awith+a+total+budget+of+%6010.253+crores+(US%242.29+million+%E2%80%93+US%241+%3D+%6060+approx.)+to+cover+five%0D%0Adistricts+(Balangir%2C+Boudh%2C+Kalahandi%2C+Naupada+and+Rayagada).+The+project+was+officially%0D%0Alaunched+on+09+August+2011+at+the+International+Crops+Research+Institute&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%2F7279%2F1%2FSuccessStoriesOdisha_2013.pdf&rft.identifier=++Mula%2C+M+G+and+Kumar%2C+R+V+and+Gopalan%2C+R+S+and+Das%2C+S+K+and+Saxena%2C+K+B++(2013)+Improved+ICRISAT+Pigeonpea+Varieties+and+Hybrids+for+Odisha.++Other.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics%2C+Patancheru%2C+Andhra+Pradesh%2C+India.+++++