aCentral Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur-342 003, Rajasthan
bRegional Research Station, Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jaisalmer-345 001, Rajasthan
cDryland Systems in South Asia, International Crop Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Hyderabad-502 324, Andhra Pradesh
*Author for correspondence Email: kcmamnani@gmail.com
§The paper is a part of the study on “Economic impact assessment of technology transferred in arid zone of Rajasthan” conducted at CAZRI, Jodhpur.
This paper has assessed the impact of high-yielding short-duration pearl-millet hybrid on farmers’ income in the arid region of Rajasthan. The decomposition of total change in net returns has shown that adoption of modern technology accounted for 86 per cent of the incremental net income, in which the share of varietal change was 58 per cent. This suggests that there is a considerable potential of raising farm income through widespread dissemination of modern pearl millet technology in Rajasthan.
Pearl millet, high-yielding varieties, technology, decomposition analysis, hybrid, Rajasthan
