This paper has analyzed the patterns and sources of growth in pulses production in India and has examined their implications for future growth of pulses production. The study has observed an increasing trend in pulses production, driven mainly by yield improvements. The contributions of area expansion and prices to pulses growth have been erratic, suggesting that these can not be the sustainable sources of growth in pulses. Further, farmers' area allocation decisions to pulses are not price-dependent, but depend on nonprice factors, mainly rainfall. These findings imply that in the short-run, to boost pulses production, the policy should address the non-price constraints such as irrigation, access to credit and input supply. However, the growth in pulses production in the long-run must come from technological changes.
This study assesses the impact of the adoption of natural resource management (NRM) technologies on sorghum production in the drought-prone areas of Indian state of Karnataka, using plotlevel data. The key factors affecting adoption are access to credit, extension services, and social networks. The bias-corrected technical efficiency scores and the meta-technology ratio indicate that efficiency can be improved by 30%. The result of endogenous switching regression shows that the average treatment effect on treated is -0.24, suggesting a 13%. reduction in production efficiency. Adopting NRM technologies could enhance production and farmer livelihoods in drought-prone areas.
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