Impact of NYSM programme on pulses production and consumption in tamil nadu

Abstract

newline Pulses are the chief source of protein mostly cultivated in marginal and newlinesub- marginal land under starved situation. In India, more than three-fourth of the area newlineunder pulse cultivation is still rainfed resulting in poor crop productivity. The sluggish newlineperformance of pulses production in the country has resulted in increasing deficit and newlinealso depletion of foreign-currency reserves by soaring import bills, unpredictable price newlinerise and lower net profit compared to competing crops. The present study aimed to newlineanalyze the impact of NFSM programme on pulses production with the following specific newlineobjectives. (i) to estimate the trend in area, production, productivity of major pulses in newlineIndia and Tamil Nadu, (ii) to analyze the adoption of improved varieties and technologies newlineunder NFSM pulses programme by the beneficiaries and to estimate the cost and returns newlineof pulses production for the beneficiaries and non- beneficiaries of NFSM pulses, newline(iii) to analyze the impact of NFSM pulses programme on pulses production and to newlineanalyze the technical efficiency of pulses farms, (iv) to assess the consumption pattern newlineand nutritional intake of pulses by different income groups of households in Tamil Nadu, newlineand (v) to identify the constraints in adoption of NFSM pulses programme and to suggest newlinesuitable strategies for improving pulses production in Tamil Nadu. Based on NFSM Pulses newlineprogramme operating in Tamil Nadu, the district wise area covered under NFSM pulses were newlinecollected from the office of the Directorate of Agriculture, Chennai. Thoothukudi district was newlinepurposively selected based on largest area covered NFSM pulses programme. Major five newlineblocks namely Kovilpatti, Gayadhar, Ottaipidaram, Villathikulam and Pudhur were newlinepurposively selected. The primary data were collected from 120 NFSM beneficiaries and 120 newlinenon beneficiaries at random. The secondary data on area, production and yield of major pulses newlinewere collected for 20 years period from 1997 to 2016.