Bantilan, M C S and Rao, D (1999) Efficiency and sustainability gains from adoption of short-duration pigeonpea in nonlegume - based cropping systems. Documentation. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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The authors wish to thank the several reviewers of earlier versions of this publication. Special thanks are due to Drs C Johansen,Y L Nene , YS Chauhan, D D Rohrbach , M Ahmed , and P Cox, whos ecomments were invaluable i n developing thi s pape r for publication. We also thank V K Chopde for his expert assistance during the preparatory stages of the study; P S S Raju for collecting and validating the survey data in two districts of Karnataka ; K V Subba Ra o and Ch Vijaykumar for thei rexcellent programming and application of GIS tools that effectively project the results of the adoption estiates ...........
Abstract
This study establishes an important connection between farmers' concerns regarding sustainabl e farming and the adopt ion of improved technologies. Results from a formal on farm survey and rapid rural appraisals conducted in a drought prone area in Central India confirm that : (1) farmers are well aware of the effects of intensive cultivat ion of cash crops, such as sugarcane or cotton in irrigated tracts, in terms of reduced yields and increasing use of inputs; (2) appropriate crop/varietal adoption and manag -ement practices are consciously implemented to maintain long- term productivity levels for existing and desi red cropping systems; and (3) farmers strive to increase or ma intain soil fertility by inc luding nitrogen-fixing l egume s i n c rop rotat ions - i n this case, shor t -dur a t ion pigeonpea. Wide spread adoption of short -duration pigeonpe a has made farming profitable in the short term-via cultivation of a second crop in the post rainy season-and farmers expect to sustain productivity in the long run via crop rotation to maintain soil fertility.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Documentation) |
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| Divisions: | UNSPECIFIED |
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| Series Name: | Impact Series No. 5 |
| Subjects: | Mandate crops > Pigeonpea Others > Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics |
| Depositing User: | Ms Vibha Raju |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Oct 2011 03:45 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Mar 2014 06:20 |
| URI: | http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/2836 |
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