Status and Digital Documentation of Pulse Crops in the Temperate Area of Jammu Region

Abstract

Pulse crops have been an important component of agriculture since ancient times. The world s major pulses producing countries, which together account for half of the global production are India¸ Canada, China, Myanmar and Brazil. India is the largest producer of pulses, accounting for 25 per cent of global pulses production. In the past decade, pulse production increased by 36.5 per cent mostly contributed by chick pea, mung bean and urd bean. However, India needs to increase pulses production from 19 Mt/mt to anywhere between 25.4 and 36.9 Mt to meet its deficit. The total pulse crop area of the Jammu and Kashmir state was 18,893 hectares. In Jammu region and Kashmir region it was reported 12,955 ha and 5938 ha respectively (DSE 2018). The present study entitled Status and digital documentation of pulse crops in the temperate area of Jammu region was undertaken. The Jammu division comprises of ten districts. The present study was conducted in four districts namely Doda, Kishtwar, Udhampur and Kathua in temperate area of Jammu region. The study was carried out in temperate area of Doda, Kishtwar, Udhampur and Kathua districts of Jammu division purposively because maximum acreage of pulse crop in these four districts. The study conducted in four district found that the average productivity of rajma was 2.64 q/ha while that of black gram was 2.47 q/ha. The productivity of green gram, red lentil, horse gram and French bean was 2.02 q/ha, 1.37q/ha, 3.34q/ha and 2.71 q/ha respectively. The results shows that all the respondents use FYM for cultivation but the dosage of application varies between different areas and under different crops and all the respondents use manual method for weed management. The overall C:B ratio of rajma, black gram, green gram, red lentil, horse gram and French bean was 1.53:1, 1.17:1, 1.02:1, 0.95:1, 2.15:1 and 2.16:1 respectively . Among all the factors age (p= .000), land holding (p= .002), fragmentation (p= .000), farming experience (p= .000), on farm income (p= .000), off farm income (