Nagaraj, N and More, S and Pokharkar, V and Haldar, S (2011) Impact of Potential Technologies for Post-Rainy Season Sorghum (in Maharashtra) and Pearl Millet (in Gujarat, Haryana, and Rajasthan) in India. Project Report. ICRISAT. (Unpublished)
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We are sincerely thankful to HOPE project partners from Parbhani and Rahuri, Maharashtra for their valuable inputs. We are specially thankful to S S Ambekar, Coordinator & Sorghum Breeder, Sorghum Research Station, MAU, Parbhani, Maharashtra, S T Borekar, Sorghum breeder and Scientist, MAU, Parbhani, Maharashtra, S R Gadakh, Senior sorghum breeder, MPKV, Rahuri, Maharashtra, for providing necessary information. We are also thankful to G Basavaraj, Special Project Scientist, (Economics), ICRISAT, Patancheru, for his technical inputs, Belum V S Reddy, Principal scientist, ICRISAT and Ashok Kumar, Scientist, ICRISAT, for their critical inputs. We would like to thank HOPE Farmers from Parbhani and Rahuri, Maharashtra for sparing their valuable time in providing the information.
Abstract
In India, sorghum is cultivated during rainy and post‐rainy season in central and western Maharashtra, Northern Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Sorghum is cultivated in Maharashtra both for grain and fodder during kharif (on 13.84 lakh ha) and rabi season (on 31.12 lakh ha). The rabi sorghum occupied 64 % of sorghum area. In Marathwada rabi sorghum is cultivated in 10.48 lakh ha, and in Western Maharashtra in 20.14 lakh ha. HOPE project aims at increasing productivity in the target areas from 35‐40 % in four years. Under this project six clusters and 12 villages are covered in Marathwada and Western Maharashtra. Besides targeting improved varieties, targeting on the key recommended technologies, management practices like drilling of fertilizer along with seed, seed treatment, deep sowing, wide row spacing, optimum plant population, Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and Integrated Nutrient Management (INM) are crucial. In addition, moisture use efficiency towards reducing drought risk is vital.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Project Report) |
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| Divisions: | UNSPECIFIED |
| CRP: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Agro Tags: | <b>Agrotags</b> - sorghum | grain | forage | varieties | diseases | marketing | yields | farmers | markets | drought <br><b>Fishtags</b> - pearls <br><b>Geopoliticaltags</b> - maharashtra | india | principe | rajasthan | haryana | gujarat | asia | south asia |
| Subjects: | Mandate crops > Millets |
| Depositing User: | Siva Shankar |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Jul 2011 15:16 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Jul 2011 12:28 |
| URI: | http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/107 |
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