Costs, returns and profitability of soybean cultivation in India: Trends and prospects

Sharma, Purushottam

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“…The demand for soybean by the animal, food and biofuel industries has increased tremendously in such a way that its production has doubled ( Castanheira & Freire, 2013 ). From an environmental and economic viewpoint, soybean production incurs high variable costs and is highly dependent on the use of fuel, machinery, pesticides and chemical fertilizers ( Sharma, 2016 ; Arrieta, Cuchietti, Cabrol, & González, 2018 ; Ishiwata & Furuya, 2020 ). According to Brandão, Clift, Milà, and Basson (2010) , the emission of nitrogen oxide from nitrogen fertilizers and mineralization of organic matter is the major contributor of greenhouse gases in soybean production.…”

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Growth performance, serum biochemistry and meat quality traits of Jumbo quails fed with mopane worm (Imbrasia belina) meal-containing diets

Marareni

Mnisi

2020

Veterinary and Animal Science

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Alternative protein sources such as mopane worm ( Imbrasia belina ) meal (MWM) are essential for sustainable poultry production. To date, no studies have attempted to investigate the effect of replacing soybean products with MWM in Jumbo quail diets. Thus, this study was designed to investigate the optimum inclusion level of MWM in place of soybean products on feed intake, physiological and meat quality responses of Jumbo quails. A total of 384 two-week-old mixed-gender quails (71.2 ± 5.40 g live-weight) were allotted to four isoproteic and isocaloric dietary treatments formulated by replacing soybean products with MWM at 0 (MWM0), 50 (MWM5), 100 (MWM10), and 150 (MWM15) g/kg. Neither linear nor quadratic effects ( P > 0.05 ) were observed for feed intake, physiological responses, carcass traits and internal organs except for large intestines, which linearly decreased ( P < 0.05 ) with MWM levels. There were significant quadratic trends for meat redness ( a *), yellowness ( b *) and chroma values in response to MWM levels. No dietary influences ( P > 0.05 ) were observed on feed intake, physiological responses, internal organ weights, and carcass and meat quality parameters, except on b *, chroma and shear force. Diets MWM5 and MWM10 promoted higher ( P < 0.05 ) b * and chroma values than MWM0. Whereas diet MWM5 promoted the highest ( P < 0.05 ) shear force (2.39 N) than diets MWM0 and MWM10. We concluded that MWM has the potential to replace soybean products in quail diets without compromising their performance, health and meat quality. An optimum MWM inclusion level could not be determined suggesting that higher levels of MWM should be further investigated.

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Growth performance, serum biochemistry and meat quality traits of Jumbo quails fed with mopane worm (Imbrasia belina) meal-containing diets

Marareni

Mnisi

2020

Veterinary and Animal Science

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“…What factors explain this? Increased profits (Sharma 2016) and higher international prices' may have encouraged farmers to replace old varieties. Graphs show the classical S-shaped curves as suggested by Rogers (1995).…”

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“…Though soybeans were meant to be planted in the kharif (autumn) fallow season (Agarwal et al 2013), they later came to replace less-remunerative crops like sorghum, pearl millet, and black gram (Sharma, Dupare, Patel 2016). Studies have shown that this crop has outperformed traditional kharif crops in net income over the last four decades (Bisaliah 1986;Sharma, Rathi, Meena 2014;Sharma 2016). Evidence also shows that inclusion of soybeans in the cropping system spurs the productivity of the subsequent wheat crop and the overall value of agricultural output in soybean-dominant geographies (Sharma, Dupare, Patel 2016).…”

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“…Plateauing of yield combined with the inability to broaden genetic diversity hinders varietal replacement (Lal and Rana 2000;Lal and Sapra 2013). Failure to develop popular varieties with stable yields is a documented handicap in varietal development and replacement (Chand 2007;Sharma 2016). In recent years, rising operational costs and reduced profitability have adversely affected farmers' spending on new seed varieties (Sharma 2016).…”

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Demand and supply side factors for accelerating varietal turnover: An evidence from soybean in India

Nuthalapati¹,

Sonkar

Kumar

2020

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in 1975, provides evidence-based policy solutions to sustainably end hunger and malnutrition and reduce poverty. The Institute conducts research, communicates results, optimizes partnerships, and builds capacity to ensure sustainable food production, promote healthy food systems, improve markets and trade, transform agriculture, build resilience, and strengthen institutions and governance. Gender is considered in all of the institute's work. IFPRI collaborates with partners around the world, including development implementers, public institutions, the private sector, and farmers' organizations, to ensure that local, national, regional, and global food policies are based on evidence. IFPRI is a member of the CGIAR Consortium.

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“…Soybean (Glycine max) is a popular leguminous oilseed crop that provides a good source of protein and edible oil for humans. After five decades of its commercial cultivation in India, soybean has established itself as a key oilseed crop [1,2]. It is one of the world's fastest-growing oilseed crops and plays a vital part in the edible oil sector.…”

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Soybean Based Cropping Systems in Central India: Production Growth and Instability Analysis

Mishra

Nahatkar²,

Laxkar³

2022

AJAEES

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Aim: Soybean is one of the most substantial contributors to the Indian edible oil pool and Madhya Pradesh is its dominant contributor necessities the study on growth and instability of soybean based cropping systems including wheat and chickpea as Rabi crop in the system in Madhya Pradesh. Study and Design: The estimates of compound growth rate and instability were worked out for the period of 32 years (1988-89 to 2019-20). Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted in nine major soybean growing districts having more than 75 percent Kharif cropped area under soybean crop including Bhopal (84%), Sehore (82%), Rajgarh (82%), Indore (91%), Ujjain (98%), Mandsaur (78%), Ratlam (79%), Shajapur including Aagar Malwa (95%) and Harda (75%) were purposively selected for the present study of Madhya Pradesh state by taking wheat and gram as Rabi crop in the system. Methodology: The exponential trend equation was used to estimate the compound growth rate. Using the Cuddy Della Valle Instability Index (CDVI) the risk was estimated for the soybean crop's area, production, and productivity. Results: The results of the study reveal that in the state of Madhya Pradesh positive and significant growth rate in the area, production, and productivity of soybean based cropping systems i.e. soybean, wheat after soybean, and chickpea after soybean were observed. On the contrary growth in productivity of soybean was positive but it is insignificant. Most of the selected districts also lie in low instability zone for production components of soybean based cropping systems. Conclusion: Approximately 30 per cent of the soybean production in the state was in the range of low range of production growth with low to medium instability. The lower production growth was mainly due to insignificant growth in productivity in mentioned districts. Thus, major emphasis should be given to increasing the productivity of soybean by an improved package of practices along with recommended variety according to an agro-climatic situation.

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Costs, returns and profitability of soybean cultivation in India: Trends and prospects

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Growth performance, serum biochemistry and meat quality traits of Jumbo quails fed with mopane worm (Imbrasia belina) meal-containing diets

Growth performance, serum biochemistry and meat quality traits of Jumbo quails fed with mopane worm (Imbrasia belina) meal-containing diets

Demand and supply side factors for accelerating varietal turnover: An evidence from soybean in India

Soybean Based Cropping Systems in Central India: Production Growth and Instability Analysis

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