Mishra, R.R.Nidhi2020-02-052020-02-052018http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810142489The present study has explored the growth and dynamics of production in Bihar and also Madhubani district of Bihar for the overall period(2000-01 to 2015-16) and two sub periods i.e. period I(2000-01 to 2007-08) and period II(2007-08 to 2015-16).The annual compound growth rate in area of the pulse crops in Bihar reduced in period I(2000-01 to 2007-08) and also the same trend maybe observed in case of growth in area during period II(2007-08 to 2015-16). The analysis of related data for overall period i.e. from (2000-01to2015-16) also revealed almost similar trend. In case of production of pulses in the state, it suffered loss in all the periods under consideration (i.e. period I, period II and overall period). However, the rate of decline in production in period II and also in the overall period was less. As regards the growth rate in productivity of pulses, it showed a positive trend over time. It increased from -0.61 in period I to 0.78 in period II for total pulses. The analysis indicated a positive trend in growth rate of productivity of total pulses, under consideration in overall period (2000-01 to 2015-16). The compound growth rate of area of the pulse crops in Madhubani district of Bihar showed a negative trend during overall period (2000-01 to 2015-16).The decline in area for red gram was higher i.e. 12.71 per cent per annum compared to other pulses. In period I(2000-01to 2007-08) area under pulse crops declined and the same trend was observed in period II(2007-08 to 2015-16).As regards production of pulses compound growth rate was negative for all the pulse crops in overall period except urad and lentil. In period I it showed a negative growth trend while it was positive for most of the pulse crops in period II. The compound growth rate of productivity was positive for overall period and period II while it was negative for some of the pulse crops in Period I. The decomposition analysis revealed that the impact on production of pulse crops in Madhubani district of Bihar in 2015-16 over 2000-01 may probably be due to the yield effect rather than area and interaction effect. On an average, the cost of cultivation per hectare of major pulses was calculated. For red gram it was Rs.22382.31, for lentil it was Rs 22138.81, for green gram it was 24857.31 and for lathyrus it was Rs14491.93.The gross returns for red gram was observed to be Rs 35180.00/ha, for lentil it was Rs 40467.00/ha, for green gram it was Rs 34240.00/ha while of lathyrus was Rs 9666.67/ha. The net profit amounted to Rs.12797.69/ha in case of red gram, Rs 18328.19/ha from lentil, Rs 9382.69/ha from green gram and Rs -4825.26/ha from lathyrus. The output input ratio was found to be 1.57 for red gram, 1.83 for lentil,1.38 for green gram and 0.67 for lathyrus. Linear regression analysis was carried out to identify the factors affecting the cultivation of pulses. Education of the farmer significantly affected red gram cultivation. Seed rate had positive and significant impact on production of lentil. Size of land holding had negative and significant impact on green gram cultivation. Pest and diseases significantly affected the production of all the pulse crops under consideration in the present study. The proportion of area under pulses to that of total area had negative and significant impact on green gram and lentil cultivation. Occurrence of flood was the most important problem in the production of red gram. Lack of storage facilities was one of the important problems faced by lentil growing farmers as it led to heavy post harvest losses. Inadequate irrigation facilities deterred farmers from growing green gram especially in case of summer crops. Lack of market facilities and decreasing consumer’s demand was the major problem faced by farmers growing lathyrus. It was found that unavailability of seeds of high yielding variety, pest and disease attack and lack of proper marketing facilities were common problems faced by most of the pulse growing farmers in the study area. Lack of awareness of the new ongoing developmental schemes and upcoming schemes and poor extension services were some other problems that led to less production of pulses.ennullThesis