Impact of cfc-fao-icrisat sorghum project on farmers economy in parbhani district
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2009-05-29
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Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani
Abstract
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolar (L.) Moench) belongs to family
gramineace. Sorghum is the fifth most important cereal crop followed by rice,
wheat, maize and barley, in the world. During the last 20 years production and
consumptiofi of sorghum has declined in Asia specifically in India. But the
crop still remains important for smallhqlder farmers in dry land production
environments for grain as staple food and fodder for livestock. However,
utilization patterns are in a d)rnamic phase and sorghum and _Pe~l ~il}e~ grai~-
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are entering non-traditional uses such as livestock and poultry feed, .bakery
products, beverage, ethanol (bio-fuel), and starch. The challenge is how to link
farmers with new sources of demand -for their crop and improve their
livelihoods. To address this situation the International Crops research Institute
for the Semi Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) implemented a project. The CFC-FAOICRISA
T sorghum project is operating in village Koke of Jintur taluka of
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Parbhani district, hence the Koke village was selected and the adjacent village
Kausdi was also . ·selected for non-beneficiary farmers. The techniques like
tabular analysis, Cobb Doglous method, comparison, and percentage method
were used to analyze the data in the present study. In order to determine
profitability of sorghum (CSH-16), costs and returns are important aspects and
to know the impact of the project. The results revealed that,. in both the cases
i.e. beneficiary and non-beneficiary farmer, cotton crop was dominating in the
cropping pattern followed by sorghum. Per hectare, use of hired human labour,
seed, fertilizers, manures, and rental value of land was higher in beneficiary
farmer as compared to non-beneficiary farmer. The results revealed that the per
hectare net profit of beneficiary farmer was Rs.5672.28, and per hectare net
profit of non-beneficiary farmer was less than beneficiary farmer.
(Rs.5672.28). In case of beneficiary farmer, input-output ratio was 1.4 and
input-output ratio of non-beneficiary was 1.17. In general per quintal cost of
production was Rs.834.86 required by beneficiary farmer and Rs.866.67 by
non-beneficiary farmer. The elasticities of production with respect to nitrogen
showed significant at 1 percent level, phosphorus and FYM showed positively
significant at 5 per cent level on sorghum production of beneficiary farmer.
While these with respect to non beneficiary farmer bullock labour found
negatively significant and nitrogen, phosphorus, FYM were found positively
significant. It was inferred that there was scope to increase resources in
production of sorghum. It was revealed that, due to implementation of project
farmer had increased their yield as well as net profit of beneficiary farmer. In
case of beneficiary farmer, share of retention for consumption was more (14.64
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per cent) as compared to non-beneficiary farmer (13.96 per cent). In regards
with marketable surplus beneficiary had marketable surplus 75.70 per cent and
non-beneficiary farmer had 76.56 per cent. It was observed that, price spread
of beneficiary farmer was Rs.229 per quintal, and the price spread of nonbeneficiary
farmer was Rs.243.24 per quintal.