Economic Evaluation of Technology for Promoting Pulses Production in Poonch district of Jammu & Kashmir

Keeping in view the importance of pulses in farming, KVK Poonch conducted demonstrations on improved agricultural technologies of pulse crops at farmers’ fields during the year 2009–10 and 2010–11. The yield of pulses in demonstration plots did not reach the potential level; still recorded high for all the pulses under study as compared to the traditional plots of periphery. The economic parameters in terms of economic returns from pulses were calculated and compared with the corresponding traditional plots. All the three pulse crops namely Moong, Mash and Lentil recorded higher B: C ratios (4.88, 7.06 and 5.87 respectively) in demonstrated plots as compared to the plots where farmers were using traditional practices (4.09, 5.34 and 5.34 respectively). To narrow down the gap between the yields of different varieties, location specific recommendations appear to be necessary.