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- Title
Status and Strategies for Development of Pulses in Bundelkhand Region of India: A Review.
- Authors
Sah, Uma; Dixit, G. P.; Kumar, Narendra; Pal, Jeetendra; Singh, N. P.
- Abstract
Bundelkhand region of India is primarily agrarian, vulnerable to natural calamities with low levels of industrialization and urbanization. Poor crop productivity, declining and irregular rainfall pattern and poor income levels make livelihood uncertain in the region. Pulse crops assume a special significance to the farm economy in Bundelkhand region as well as daily diets of local habitants. Chickpea, lentil, field pea, urdbean, mungbean and pigeon pea are the major pulse crops cultivated in the region. Data from Department of economics and statistics, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, New Delhi and the studies on pulses development of Bundelkhand region of India were analyzed. Pulses account for 32% of total agriculture produce and occupy about 33.6% of gross cropped area in the region. However, decline in area coverage of pulses has been observed in the region, in contrast to overall increase in gross cropped area in the region. The paper discusses about the various challenges confronting pulses cultivation in the region along with the possible intervention points for bringing out an enhanced pulse production.
- Subjects
BUNDELKHAND (India); INDIA; LEGUMES; AGRICULTURAL economics; PIGEON pea; SPECIALTY crops; NATURAL disasters; LENTILS; CHICKPEA
- Publication
Legume Research: An International Journal, 2024, Vol 47, Issue 3, p335
- ISSN
0250-5371
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.18805/LR-4518