?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F8746%2F&rft.title=Introduction+and+Expansion+of+Improved++Pigeonpea+(Arhar)+Production+Technology+in++Rainfed+Upland+Ecosystems+of+Odisha.+Project+Completion+Report+(2011-2015)+and+2014-2015+Annual+Accomplishment+Report&rft.creator=Mula%2C+M+G&rft.creator=Sameer+Kumar%2C+C+V&rft.creator=Das%2C+S&rft.subject=Pigeonpea&rft.description=While+70%25+of+the+population+lives+in+the+rainfed+upland+ecosystem+of+Odisha%2C+around+85%25+of+the+workforce+depends+on+agriculture.+There+are+about+8.7+million+hectares+of+agricultural+lands+in+the+state+of+which+70%25+are+rainfed.+Production+of+pulses+has+been+reduced+to+56.4%25+of+the+total+agricultural+area%2C+in+the+last+ten+years.+The+districts+of+Rayagada%2C+Kalahandi%2C+Boudh%2C+Bolangir+and+Nuapada+were+identified+by+the+project+because+of+their+dry+and+rainfed+ecology.+About+53%2C350+hectares+of+total+tillable+area+is+suitable+for+new+high+yielding+pigeonpea+varieties+and+hybrids+in+the+five+districts.+The+project+intends+to+introduce+and+expand+the+production+of+high+yielding+pigeonpea+varieties+and+hybrids+by+means+of+adaptation%2C+selection+and+promotion+through+a+farmer+participatory+approach...&rft.publisher=ICRISAT&rft.date=2015&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F8746%2F1%2FFInal%2520%2520Odisha%2520Proj%2520Comp%2520Rep%2520Myer%2520Mula.pdf&rft.identifier=++Mula%2C+M+G+and+Sameer+Kumar%2C+C+V+and+Das%2C+S++(2015)+Introduction+and+Expansion+of+Improved+Pigeonpea+(Arhar)+Production+Technology+in+Rainfed+Upland+Ecosystems+of+Odisha.+Project+Completion+Report+(2011-2015)+and+2014-2015+Annual+Accomplishment+Report.++Project+Report.+ICRISAT%2C+Patancheru%2C+Telangana%2C+India.+++++