Ensuring On-Farm Production and Utilization of Fodder Planting Materials: A Case of Hybrid Napier in Rural Uttar Pradesh

Fodder and livestock rearing is sine-qui-non to each other. Feeding assumes highest share (60-70%) of total cost involved in livestock production. Making the green fodder available round the year to the cattle keepers is a great challenge. The country faces the current deficit of green and dried fodder to the extent of 40 percent. The current level of milk production in India to the extent of 128 mt which is expected to be 160 mt by 2050 demands 494 mt dried fodder, 825 mt green fodder and 54 mt of concentrate feed. Probably, it is beyond the capacity of any public or private sector organization to ensure the readily availability of seed and planting materials of fodder crops. The circumstances, thus, prompts to seek the alternative viable option for mitigation of on-farm fodder planting materials\u27 availability. This paper analyzes how empowering farmers for farmer-centric production and dissemination of planting materials for fodder crops can be evolved and validated

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Research PaperThe study conducted among 200 pulse growers of Hamirpur district of Budelkhand region in Uttar Pradesh aimed at microlevel analysis of impact of climate change on weather parameters and their consequences on pulse productivity. Related secondary data on temperature and rainfall for the duration 2001–2008 were collected from the official records and primary data related to productivity of selected pulses like chickpea, pigeonpea and lentil were collected from the sampled farmers for the period 2004–08. During the four years, average maximum and average minimum temperature increased on an average of 0.86and2.46ºC, respectivelyfromthe baseline year of 2001–03. Similarly, the average rainfall declined at the absolute rate of 268 mm which was lesser by 31.2% than the normalrainfallduringthe above periodfromthesamebaseline year. On further analysis, it was oberved that with every 0.1ºC increase in maximum and minimum temperature, and temperature differences, the yield of the chickpea (38.49, 13.46 and 12.73 kg/ha), lentil (40.70, 14.22 and 13.46 kg/ha) and pigeonpea (22.86, 9.39 and 2.90 kg/ha) respectively, declined considerably. Results also indicated that there was greater impact of increase in average maximum temperature on yield reduction as compared to increase in minimum temperature and the temperature difference. The consequence of rainfall decline was also studied. On an average, the yield reduction for every 10 mm average annual rainfall drop for the selected pulse crops was found to be 12.35, 13.05 and 8.05 kg/ha for chickpea, lentil and pigeon pea, respectively. Farmers’ perceptions to adapt their cropping system under the changing climatic conditions were documented.Not Availabl

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Research PaperThe study conducted among 200 pulse growers of Hamirpur district of Budelkhand region in Uttar Pradesh aimed at microlevel analysis of impact of climate change on weather parameters and their consequences on pulse productivity. Related secondary data on temperature and rainfall for the duration 2001–2008 were collected from the official records and primary data related to productivity of selected pulses like chickpea, pigeonpea and lentil were collected from the sampled farmers for the period 2004–08. During the four years, average maximum and average minimum temperature increased on an average of 0.86and2.46ºC, respectivelyfromthe baseline year of 2001–03. Similarly, the average rainfall declined at the absolute rate of 268 mm which was lesser by 31.2% than the normalrainfallduringthe above periodfromthesamebaseline year. On further analysis, it was oberved that with every 0.1ºC increase in maximum and minimum temperature, and temperature differences, the yield of the chickpea (38.49, 13.46 and 12.73 kg/ha), lentil (40.70, 14.22 and 13.46 kg/ha) and pigeonpea (22.86, 9.39 and 2.90 kg/ha) respectively, declined considerably. Results also indicated that there was greater impact of increase in average maximum temperature on yield reduction as compared to increase in minimum temperature and the temperature difference. The consequence of rainfall decline was also studied. On an average, the yield reduction for every 10 mm average annual rainfall drop for the selected pulse crops was found to be 12.35, 13.05 and 8.05 kg/ha for chickpea, lentil and pigeon pea, respectively. Farmers’ perceptions to adapt their cropping system under the changing climatic conditions were documented.Not Availabl

Indigenous people‘s attachment to traditional agroforestry system: An empirical insight from Churachandpur, Northeast India

Indigenous people in Northeast India are facing significant challenges due to policy measures aimed at outlawing the controversial practice of shifting cultivation (SC) in order to cope with the environmental degradation and forest conservation, though, it has so far been unsuccessful. Such measures tend to overlook the contribution of SC landscape to the social and cultural well-being of indigenous people. This article explores the place and place-based practice bonding, drawing on a survey from Churachandpur, Manipur, Northeast India. Through structured interviews of 90 households of 9 village clusters with SC practitioners and focused group discussions, we outline the way SC system is developing the sense of place and giving the individual and community identities, besides giving a specific place character associated with it. Principal component analysis of four dimensions of place attachment reveals that traditional institution bonding exerts the strongest influence (Cronbach alpha 0.97) on their decision to continue with SC. Scores for nature bonding, lack of alternate occupation and economic bonding were 0.94, 0.92 and 0.83, respectively. The study established that SC is strongly intertwined with the culture and social life of people who practice it. Social wellbeing of jhumias outweighs their economic reasons of attachment to SC and it would not be prudent to brand it merely as a form of agroforestry system

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Does adoption of improved agricultural practices reduce production costs? Empirical evidence from Bundelkhand region, Uttar Pradesh, India

Not AvailableThe present study assessed the effect of improved agri- cultural technologies disseminated under the ambitious Farmer FIRST Programme on production costs of major crops in Bundelkhand region, Uttar Pradesh, India. The findings show that the average real cost during 2017?18 to 2020?21 declined, leading to an increase in the net re- turn to cost ratio from farming. Technological interven- tions at the farmer?s field resulted in a gradual decline in the share of seed, fertilizer and plant protection chemicals in the cost of cultivation. The price elasticity of factors, estimated by fitting the translog function, suggests that policies for controlling input price inflation, particularly wage rate, will be imperative in reducing the cost of farm- ing. The results on the elasticity of technical substitution between labour and machinery highlight the need for devising suitable farm mechanization strategies which may be affordable in the small farm situation as well. The panel data estimate of negative cost elasticity of yield indicates that productivity growth plays a vital role in absorbing the increase in production cost

Use of pheromone trap and vermicompost for the success of vegetable growers of Bundelkhand, Uttar Pradesh

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