"9993","15","archive","1305",,,"disk0/00/00/99/93","2017-05-09 03:47:51","2017-05-09 03:47:51","2017-05-09 03:47:51","monograph",,,"show",,,,"","","","","","","","","","",,,,"Kumara Charyulu","D","","","","","","","Kumara Charyulu","D","","","","",,,,,"","",,,,,"","","ICRISAT (Patancheru)","India","Pearl Millet Technology Adoption and Impact Study in Maharashtra, Research Report No 71","pub","IM1","CRPS2","crp1.14","public","technical_report",,"Pearl Millet, Technology Adoption, Maharashtra, Dryland Cereals, Impact Study, Millet",,"The authors are highly thankful to the CGIAR Research Program (CRP) on Policies, Institutions and Markets
(PIM) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) for providing the financial support to undertake this
research activity. We sincerely acknowledge the technical support and guidance provided by
Dr K Purna Chandra Rao, Former Principal Scientist (VLS), ICRISAT in implementation of this activity. Authors
are also thankful to anonymous reviewers of the report for sparing their valuable time and providing the
constructive suggestions. Our special thanks are to Dr SP Wani, Director, Research Program on Asia and
Dr KV Raju, Theme Leader on Policy and Impact for their motivation and encouragement for bringing this
manuscript into existence. Last but not least, we owe all the 360 respondent farmers for their cooperation
during the surveys, their warm hospitality and for sparing their valuable time for us.","The area under pearl millet cultivation in Maharashtra is concentrated in nine districts, and together
they have more than 90% share in area and production of pearl millet. The coverage of pearl millet
area in Maharashtra by improved cultivars was near total. In this background, the present study was
taken up to assess the adoption of hybrids and improved varieties and their impact on the incomes and
living standards of farmers through a detailed survey of 360 sample households drawn from 60 villages
belonging to 20 tehsils from nine districts. The sample for the field survey was concentrated in Nashik,
Ahmednagar and Beed districts, with lower allocations to Aurangabad, Pune, Dhule, Jalgaon, Sangli and
Satara districts. Three-fourths of the sample farmers belonged to Western Maharashtra (WMH) region and
the remaining one-fourth to the Marathwada (MTW) region. The field survey was carried out during 2013
and the household data pertained to the cropping year 2012-13...","2017","published",,,,,"ICRISAT","Patancheru, Telangana, India",,"76",,,,,,,"ICRISAT","RP - Asia",,,"978-92-9066-581-6",,,,,,,"",,"","",,"CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions and Markets (PIM) and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)","",,,,,,"",,,,,,,"",,,,,"",,,,,"","",,,,,"","",,,,,
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