Year: 2020 | Month: December | Volume 65 | Issue 4
On Farm Benefits of the Chickpea in Rajasthan with Reference to Gangour (GNG 1581) Variety
Keshav Kumar
Vikram Yogi
Madhu Sharma
Mukesh Kumar
DOI:10.46852/0424-2513.4.2020.20
Abstract:
Chickpea (Cicer arientinum) is known in India since ancient times, and In Asia and Europe chickpea is said to be one of the oldest pulses known and cultivated. The On farm Benefits of the chickpea in Rajasthan with reference to Gangour (GNG 1581) variety was evaluated in this study. The evaluation was based on a household survey of chickpea grower in 4 villages of Bikaner District of Rajasthan. To evaluate on farm benefits of the chickpea in Rajasthan with reference to Gangour (GNG 1581) variety the cost of cultivation concept and simple statistical tools were used. Extra revenue generation estimated is ` 760 crores per year in case of Gangour (GNG 1581) variety. Labor productivity was higher for Gangour (GNG 1581) (0. 74q/day), and lower for the local variety (0.44q/day).
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