An economic analysis of pulses cultivation in thoothukudi district tamil nadu

Abstract

India is the largest producer and consumer of pulses in the world accounting for 33 per cent of the world area and 22 per cent of world production of pulses . The domestic demand and consumption, however is much more than production mainly because pulses are a major source of protein for a large section of the vegetarian population in the country. The cultivation of pulses also provides of large quantity of green fodder which serves as the nutritious food for the livestock. Besides their high nutritional value, pulse crops have unique characteristics of containing and restoring soil fertility through biological nitrogen fixation. In Tamilnadu, area wise, black gram occupies predominant place next to the green gram and red gram. The following practices may be adopted in different agro climatic zones for enhancing the pulses seed production by better utilization of the available resources. newline